1653

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1653 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1653
MDCLIII
Ab urbe condita2406
Armenian calendar1102
ԹՎ ՌՃԲ
Assyrian calendar6403
Balinese saka calendar1574–1575
Bengali calendar1060
Berber calendar2603
English Regnal year4 Cha. 2 – 5 Cha. 2
(Interregnum)
Buddhist calendar2197
Burmese calendar1015
Byzantine calendar7161–7162
Chinese calendar壬辰年 (Water Dragon)
4349 or 4289
    — to —
癸巳年 (Water Snake)
4350 or 4290
Coptic calendar1369–1370
Discordian calendar2819
Ethiopian calendar1645–1646
Hebrew calendar5413–5414
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1709–1710
 - Shaka Samvat1574–1575
 - Kali Yuga4753–4754
Holocene calendar11653
Igbo calendar653–654
Iranian calendar1031–1032
Islamic calendar1063–1064
Japanese calendarJōō 2
(承応２年)
Javanese calendar1574–1576
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3986
Minguo calendar259 before ROC
民前259年
Nanakshahi calendar185
Thai solar calendar2195–2196
Tibetan calendar阳水龙年
(male Water-Dragon)
1779 or 1398 or 626
    — to —
阴水蛇年
(female Water-Snake)
1780 or 1399 or 627
February 2: New Amsterdam is incorporated.

1653 (MDCLIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1653rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 653rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 17th century, and the 4th year of the 1650s decade. As of the start of 1653, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events[]

Taj Mahal mausoleum is completed.


January–June[]

  • January–June – The Swiss Peasant War is fought.
  • January 3 – By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
  • February 2 – New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated.
  • February 3 – Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile.
  • March 14 – A Dutch fleet defeats the English in the Battle of Leghorn; the Dutch commander, Johan van Galen, later dies of his wounds.
  • April 20 – Oliver Cromwell expels the Rump Parliament in England.
  • April 28 – The Great Fire of Marlborough destroys 224 houses and much of the textile businesses in the Wiltshire town which, "at that date was one of considerable importance, and had merchants of affluence and repute.".[1]
  • May 31 – Ferdinand IV is elected King of the Romans.
  • June 12–13 – First Anglo-Dutch War: The English navy defeats the Dutch fleet in the Battle of the Gabbard.

July–December[]

  • July 4–December 12 – Barebone's Parliament meets in London, England.
  • July 8 – John Thurloe becomes Cromwell's head of intelligence.
  • August 8–10 – The Battle of Scheveningen, the final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War is fought off the Texel; the English navy gains a tactical victory over the Dutch fleet.
  • November – John Casor leaves Anthony Johnson's farm, after claiming his contract of indenture had expired.
  • December 16 – The Instrument of Government in England becomes Britain's first written constitution, under which Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland,[2][3] being advised by a remodelled English 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.

Date unknown[]

  • Marcello Malpighi becomes a doctor of medicine.
  • Stephen Bachiler returns to England.
  • The Morning Star Rebellion breaks out in Sweden, against Queen Christina.
  • The Taj Mahal mausoleum is completed at Agra.
  • Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg reconfirms the nobility's freedom from taxation, and its unlimited control over the peasants.
  • Petite post, a system of postage using prepaid labels and post boxes, is introduced in Paris by Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer.

Births[]

Prince George of Denmark
Abraham van Riebeeck

Deaths[]

Johan van Galen
Maarten Tromp

References[]

  1. ^ "Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p30
  2. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Instrument of Government, 1653". Modern History Sourcebook. New York: Fordham University. August 1998. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Lang, Harry G.; Meath-Lang, Bonnie (1995). Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-313-29170-8.
  5. ^ "Thomas Pitt | British merchant". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
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