1652

Years: 1649 1650 1651 - 1652 - 1653 1654 1655
Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1652 in literature 1652 in science

Events

April 6 - 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 - 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.

Ongoing events

Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653)

Births

April 7 - Pope Clement XII
April 21 - Michel Rolle, mathematician (d. 1719)

Deaths

June 21 - Inigo Jones, architect (b. 1573)

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