1653

Years: 1650 1651 1652 - 1653 - 1654 1655 1656

Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1653 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

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)

See also @ 1653 births.

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)

See also @ 1653 deaths.