1653 in England
Events from the year 1653 in the Commonwealth of England.
Incumbents
Events
- 28 February–2 March - First Anglo–Dutch War: Battle of Portland.
- 14 March - First Anglo–Dutch War: Battle of Leghorn: A Dutch fleet defeats the English; the Dutch commander, Johan van Galen, later dies of his wounds.
- 20 April - Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
- 2–3 June (12–13 June New Style) - First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard off the coast of Suffolk: The English navy defeats the Dutch fleet, which loses 17 ships.[1]
- 4 July–12 December - The Barebones Parliament meets in London.
- 8 July - John Thurloe becomes Cromwell's head of intelligence.[2]
- 8–10 August - Battle of Scheveningen: The final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War is fought, between the fleets of the Commonwealth and the United Provinces off the Texel; the English navy gains a tactical victory over the Dutch fleet.
- 16 December - Instrument of Government: Britain's first written constitution, under which Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland,[3][4] being advised by a remodelled Council of State. This is the start of The First Protectorate, bringing an end to the first period of republican government in the country, the Commonwealth of England.
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