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1652
Years:
1649
1650
1651
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1652
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1653
1654
1655
Decades
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1620s
1630s
1640s
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1650s
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1660s
1670s
1680s
Centuries
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16th century
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17th century
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18th century
1652 in literature
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Events
April 6
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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
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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.
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Ongoing events
Fronde
civil war
in
France
(
1648
-
1653
)
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Births
April 7
-
Pope Clement XII
April 21
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Michel Rolle
, mathematician (d.
1719
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Deaths
June 21
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Inigo Jones
, architect (b.
1573
)