1652

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Years: 1649 1650 1651 - 1652 - 1653 1654 1655

Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1652 by topic: Arts and Science Architecture - Art - Literature - Music - Science Lists of leaders Colonial governors - State leaders Birth and death categories Births - Deaths Establishments and disestablishments categories Establishments - Disestablishments Works category Works 1652 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 1652 MDCLII Ab urbe condita 2405 Armenian calendar 1101 ԹՎ ՌՃԱ Chinese calendar 4288/4348-11-20 (辛卯年十一月二十日) — to — 4289/4349-12-1 (壬辰年十二月初一日) Ethiopian calendar 1644 – 1645 Hebrew calendar 5412 – 5413 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 1707 – 1708 - Shaka Samvat 1574 – 1575 - Kali Yuga 4753 – 4754 Iranian calendar 1030 – 1031 Islamic calendar 1062 – 1063 Japanese calendar Jōō 1 (承応元年) - Imperial Year Kōki 2312 (皇紀2312年) - Jōmon Era 11652 Thai solar calendar 2195

1652 (MDCLII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Contents 1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

• April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town.
• May 18 - Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
• May 29 - First Anglo-Dutch War opening battle fought off Dover between Lt.-Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp's 42 Dutch ships and 21 English ships divided into two squadrons, one commanded by Robert Blake and the other by Nehemiah Bourne.

[edit] Ongoing events

• Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653)

[edit] Births

• 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 (born 1582)
• June 21 - Inigo Jones, English architect (born 1573)
• July 30 - Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (born 1624)
• August 22 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (bborn 1583)
• August 23 - John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (born 1600)
• October 8 - John Greaves, English mathematician and antiquarian (born 1602)
• October 20 - Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (born 1611)
• November 4 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (born 1597)
• December 11 - Denis Petau, French theologian and historian (born 1583)
• November 21 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (born 1585)
• December 23 - John Cotton, founder of Boston, Massachusetts (born 1585)

See also Category:1652 deaths.