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| Years: 1650 1651 1652 - 1653 - 1654 1655 1656 | ||||||||||
| Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s | ||||||||||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated.
- April 20 – Oliver Cromwell expels the Long Parliament
- May 24 – Ferdinand IV is elected King of the Romans
- June 12 - First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard - lasted until June 13.
- July 4 - The Barebones Parliament meets in London till December 12
- August 9 - English naval victory over Dutch fleet off the Texel
- December 16 - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- End of the first period of republican government called the Commonwealth of England. The Rump Parliament was disbanded by Oliver Cromwell. See also the Long Parliament and Southamptonshire.
- Marcello Malpighi becomes a doctor of medicine.
- Stephen Bachiler returns to England.
- John Thurloe becomes the head of intelligence for Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate
- Taj Mahal finished
Births
- January 13 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
- February 17 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713)
- April 2 - Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain (d. 1708)
- May 8 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734)
- June 1 - Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
- June 26 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV of France (d. 1743)
- July 5 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
- July 25 - Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (d. 1728)
- August 9 - John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)
- August 14 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (d. 1688)
- October 18 - Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (d. 1724)
- Roger North, English lawyer and biographer (d. 1734)
Deaths
- March 23 - Johan van Galen, Dutch naval officer (b. 1604)
- March 24 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (b. 1587)
- May 26 - Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)
- July 10 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
- July 31 - Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)
- August 10 - Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1598)
- October 3 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (b. 1612)
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