1654

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Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
Years:	1651 1652 1653 - 1654 - 1655 1656 1657

1654 by topic:
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Architecture - Art - Literature - Music - Science
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Establishments - Disestablishments
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**1654 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1654 MDCLIV
Ab urbe condita	2407
Armenian calendar	1103 ԹՎ ՌՃԳ
Chinese calendar	4290/4350-11-13 (癸巳年十一月十三日) — to — 4291/4351-11-23 (甲午年十一月廿三日)
Ethiopian calendar	1646 – 1647
Hebrew calendar	5414 – 5415
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1709 – 1710
- Shaka Samvat	1576 – 1577
- Kali Yuga	4755 – 4756
Iranian calendar	1032 – 1033
Islamic calendar	1064 – 1065
Japanese calendar	Jōō 3 (承応3年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2314 (皇紀2314年)
- Jōmon Era	11654
Thai solar calendar	2197

1654 (MDCLIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

[edit] Events

April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War.
June 3 - Louis XIV of France crowned at Rheims
June 6 - Charles X succeeds his cousin Christina to the Swedish throne. After her abdication on June 5, Christina now the former reigning queen of a Protestant nation, secretly converts to Catholicism.
September 3 - In the Rump Parliament, the republican party questions Cromwell's pre-eminence
September 12 - Oliver Cromwell orders the exclusion of the members of Parliament who are hostile to him.
October 12 - Carel Fabritius, the most promising student of Rembrandt, dies aged 32 in an explosion at the arsenal at Delft. The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100.
October 31 - Ferdinand Maria, elector of Bavaria is crowned. His absolutistic style of leadership becomes a benchmark for the rest of Germany
November 23 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense mystical vision that marks him for life.
Death of An Calbhach mac Aodha O Conchobhair Donn, last inaugurated King of Connacht (inaugurated 1643
Twenty-three Jewish refugees from Brazil settle in New Amsterdam, forming the nucleus of what would be the largest urban Jewish community in history, the Jewish community of New York City.
The Russian Army seizes Smolensk, and Thirteen Years War starts between Russia and Poland over Ukraine
Otto von Guericke proves the existence of atmospheric pressure
The Taj Mahal's construction is finished. It was started in 1631.
Magdeburg hemispheres