1652
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s – 1650s – 1660s 1670s 1680s |
| Years: | 1649 1650 1651 – 1652 – 1653 1654 1655 |
1652 Media
April 6: Jan van Riebeeck establishes Cape Town.
John Smibert’s 1729 portrait of Samuel Sewall in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Potret van Eva Ment (1606-1658) echtgenote van J.P. Coen (1587-1629) en stichter van de stad Batavia
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1652 (MDCLII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1652nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 652nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1650s decade. As of the start of 1652, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- 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.
Births
- March 3 – Thomas Otway, English dramatist (d. 1685)
- March 28 – Samuel Sewall, English-born judge (d. 1730)
- April 7 – Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)
- April 21 – Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
- December 9 – Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (d. 1723)
- December 25 – Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (d. 1713)
Deaths
- February 7 – Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (born 1582)
- June 21 – Inigo Jones, English architect (born 1573)
- July 30 – Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (born 1624)
- August 22 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (bborn 1583)
- August 23 – John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (born 1600)
- October 8 – John Greaves, English mathematician and antiquarian (born 1602)
- October 20 – Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (born 1611)
- November 4 – Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (born 1597)
- December 11 – Denis Petau, French theologian and historian (born 1583)
- November 21 – Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (born 1585)
- December 23 – John Cotton, founder of Boston, Massachusetts (born 1585)