1652

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1649 1650 1651 - 1652 - 1653 1654 1655
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1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
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16th century - 17th century - 18th century

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April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town.
May 18 - Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
May 29 - First Anglo-Dutch War opening battle fought off Dover between Lt.-Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp's 42 Dutch ships and 21 English ships divided into two squadrons, one commanded by Robert Blake and the other by Nehemiah Bourne.

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February 7 - Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1582)
June 21 - Inigo Jones, English architect (b. 1573)
July 30 - Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (b. 1624)
August 22 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583)
August 23 - John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist poltician (b. 1600)
October 8 - John Greaves, English mathematician and antiquarian (b. 1602)
October 20 - Antonio Coello, Spanish writer
November 4 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (b. 1597)
December 11 - Denis Petau, French theologian and historian (b. 1583)
November 21 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
December 23 - John Cotton, founder of Boston, Massachusetts (b. 1585)

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