1650s

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
Years:	1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

[edit] Significant events and trends

• Cape Town was founded by the Dutch East India Company in South Africa.
• The Anglo-Dutch Wars began.
• Oliver Cromwell took over England during an interregnum.
• 1655: Troops of Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy massacred the Waldensians, prompting John Milton to compose the sonnet "On the Late Massacre in Piedmont".
• 1658: After his father Shah Jahan completed the Taj Mahal, his son Aurangzeb deposed him as ruler of the Mughal Empire and began a rule marked by strict reliance on Islam.
• The Quakers originated.
• The Northern Wars cemented Sweden's rise as a Great Power.

[edit] World leaders

• King Louis XIV of France (1643 - 1715).
• King Frederick III of Denmark (1648 - 1670).
• Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653 - 1658).
• Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1658 - 1659).
• Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1637 - 1657).
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658 - 1705).
• King John II of Poland (1649 - 1668).
• King John IV of Portugal (1640 - 1656).
• King Afonso VI of Portugal (1656 - 1667).
• Tsar Aleksey I of Russia (1645 - 1676).
• King Philip IV of Spain (1621 - 1665).
• Queen Christina of Sweden (1632 - 1654).
• King Charles X of Sweden (1654 - 1660).
• Mughal Empire

1. Padshah Shah Jahan(1628-1658)
2. Murad Baksh(1658)
3. Padshah Aurangazeb(1659-1707)