1653
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
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| Years: | 1650 1651 1652 - 1653 - 1654 1655 1656 |
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| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1653 (MDCLIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1653
[edit] January - June
- February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated.
- March 14 - A Dutch fleet defeats the English at the Battle of Leghorn. The Dutch commander, Johan van Galen, later dies of his wounds.
- 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.
[edit] July - December
- July 4 - The Barebones Parliament meets in London till December 12.
- August 8-10 - Battle of Scheveningen: The final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War is fought, between the fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces; English naval victory over Dutch fleet off the Texel.
- December 16 - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
[edit] Undated
- 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.
- The Taj Mahal mausoleum is completed.
- Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg reconfirms the nobility's freedom from taxation and its unlimited control over the peasants.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1653 MDCLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2406 |
| Armenian calendar | 1102 ԹՎ ՌՃԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -191 – -190 |
| Berber calendar | 2603 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2197 |
| Burmese calendar | 1015 |
| Chinese calendar | 4289/4349-12-2 (壬辰年十二月初二日) — to — 4290/4350-11-12(癸巳年十一月十二日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1369 – 1370 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1645 – 1646 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5413 – 5414 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1708 – 1709 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1575 – 1576 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4754 – 4755 |
| Holocene calendar | 11653 |
| Iranian calendar | 1031 – 1032 |
| Islamic calendar | 1063 – 1064 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōō 2 (承応2年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2313 (皇紀2313年) |
| Julian calendar | 1698 |
| Korean calendar | 3986 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2196 |
- January 13 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (died 1705)
- February 17 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (died 1713)
- April 2 - Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain (died 1708)
- May 8 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (died 1734)
- June 1 - Georg Muffat, French composer (died 1704)
- June 26 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV of France (died 1743)
- July 5 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (died 1726)
- July 25 - Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (died 1728)
- August 9 - John Oldham, English poet (died 1683)
- August 14 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (died 1688)
- September 3 - Roger North, English lawyer and biographer (died 1734)
- October 18 - Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1713)
- date unknown - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (died 1725)
- date unknown - Rahman Baba, legendary Afghan Pashto Sufi poet (died 1711)
- See also Category:1653 births.
[edit] Deaths
- March 23 - Johan van Galen, Dutch naval officer (born 1604)
- March 24 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (born 1587)
- May 26 - Robert Filmer, English writer (born 1588)
- July 10 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (born 1600)
- July 31 - Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (born 1576)
- August 10 - Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (born 1598)
- October 3 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (born 1612)
- Artemesia Gentileschi, Roman artist.
- See also Category:1653 deaths.af:1653
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