1653
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Events
- February 2 – New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated.
- 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.
- July 4 – The Barebones Parliament meets in London till December 12
- August 9 – English naval victory over Dutch fleet off the Texel
- December 16 – Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- 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
- Taj Mahal finished
Births
- January 13 – Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
- February 17 – Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713)
- April 2 – Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain (d. 1708)
- May 8 – Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734)
- June 26 – Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV of France (d. 1743)
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (d. 1724)
- Roger North, English lawyer and biographer (d. 1734)
Deaths
- August 10 – Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1598)
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