1652
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The year 1652 was when the 1st coins were dated by the colonists popularly known as the New England Shilling, Sixpence,and Threepence. They were made in Saugus, Massachusetts just outside of Boston. Source A Guide Book of United States Coins 17th edition 1964 By R.S. Yeoman
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 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 |
| Bengali calendar | 1059 |
| 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.
