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 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1652 (MDCLII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1652
[edit] January–June
- January 8 – Michiel de Ruyter marries the widow Anna van Gelder and plans retirement, but months later becomes a vice-commodore in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
- April 6 – Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founds Cape Town.
- May 18 – Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
- May 29 – First Anglo-Dutch War: The opening battle is fought off Dover, between Lt.-Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp's 42 Dutch ships and 21 English ships divided into 2 squadrons, one commanded by Robert Blake and the other by Nehemiah Bourne.
[edit] July–December
- August 26 – First Anglo-Dutch War – Battle of Plymouth: A fleet from the Commonwealth of England attacks an outward-bound convoy of the United Provinces, escorted by 23 men-of-war and 6 fire ships commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter.
- October 8 – First Anglo-Dutch War – Battle of the Kentish Knock: The battle is fought near the shoal called the Kentish Knock in the North Sea, about 30 km from the mouth of the River Thames.
[edit] Ongoing events
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1652 MDCLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2405 |
| Armenian calendar | 1101 ԹՎ ՌՃԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -192 – -191 |
| Berber calendar | 2602 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2196 |
| Burmese calendar | 1014 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7160 – 7161 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年十一月二十日 (4288/4348-11-20) — to —
壬辰年十二月初一日(4289/4349-12-1) |
| Coptic calendar | 1368 – 1369 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1644 – 1645 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5412 – 5413 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1707 – 1708 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1574 – 1575 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4753 – 4754 |
| Holocene calendar | 11652 |
| Iranian calendar | 1030 – 1031 |
| Islamic calendar | 1062 – 1063 |
| Japanese calendar | Keian 5Jōō 1 (承応元年) |
| Korean calendar | 3985 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2195 |
- 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)
- See also Category:1652 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 7 – Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1582)
- June 21 – Inigo Jones, English architect (b. 1573)
- July 30 – Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (b. 1624)
- August 22 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583)
- August 23 – John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600)
- October 8 – John Greaves, English mathematician and antiquarian (b. 1602)
- October 20 – Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611)
- November 4 – Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (b. 1597)
- December 11 – Denis Petau, French theologian and historian (b. 1583)
- November 21 – Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
- December 23 – John Cotton, founder of Boston, Massachusetts (b. 1585)
- See also Category:1652 deaths.
