1652
| 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 |
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)