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1654
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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
succedes 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
English Parliament
, the republican party question
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
October 31
-
Ferdinand Maria, elector of Bavaria
is crowned. His
absolutistic
style of leadership becomes a benchmark for the rest of
Germany
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
Ukrainian
Bogdan Chmielnicki
renounces Ukrainian independence and swears allegiance to
Tsar Alexis
of Russia
The Russian Army seizes
Smolensk
, and war starts between
Russia
and
Poland
over the
Ukraine
Otto von Guericke
proves the existence of
atmospheric pressure
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Births
Emperor Reigen of Japan
Emperor Kangxi of China
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Deaths
May 19
–
Miyamoto Musashi
, Japanese swordsman
August 31
-
Olaus Wormius
,
Danish
physician
and
antiquary
.
October 12
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Carel Fabritius
, artist
November 30
-
John Selden
,
English
jurist
Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan
Samuel Scheidt
, German composer