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1648 1649 1650 - 1651 - 1652 1653 1654
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Centuries:
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Contents

1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. This is his first crowning.
June 28 - June 30: The biggest battle of the 17th century, Battle of Beresteczko, between Poles and Ukrainians, won by Poles.
September 3 - English Civil War: Battle of Worcester - Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
October 14 - Laws are passed in Massachusetts forbidding poor people from adopting excessive styles of dress.

Ongoing events

Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653)

Literature

Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan

Births

January 3 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
March 4 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1716)
March 31 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (d. 1685)
April 6 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)
April 10 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
April 21 - Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)
April 30 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer (d. 1719)
May 27 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles (d. 1729)
September 1 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)
September 16 - Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (d. 1716)
October 21 - Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)

See also .

Deaths

April 7 - Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
September 27 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
October 7 - Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)
November 20 - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
November 26 - Henry Ireton, English Civil War leader (b. 1611)
December 14 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (b. 1582)

See also .

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