1654
| Years: 1651 1652 1653 - 1654 - 1655 1656 1657 | ||||||||
| Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s | ||||||||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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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 succeeds 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 Rump Parliament, the republican party questions 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. The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100.
- October 31 - Ferdinand Maria, elector of Bavaria is crowned. His absolutistic style of leadership becomes a benchmark for the rest of Germany
- November 23 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense mystical vision that marks him for life.
- Death of An Calbhach mac Aodha O Conchobhair Donn, last inaugurated King of Connacht (inaugurated 1643
- 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 Ukraine
- Otto von Guericke proves the existence of atmospheric pressure
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Births
- January 10 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712)
- January 22 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729)
- March 16 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)
- May 4 - Emperor Kangxi of China (d. 1722)
- June 23 - Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow, English politician (d. 1717)
- July 9 - Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)
- December 27 - Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and scientist (d. 1705)
See also Category:1654 births.
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Deaths
- January 17 - Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (b. 1625)
- February 18 - Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)
- March 24 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (b. 1587)
- June 10 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1598)
- July 9 - Ferdinand IV of Germany (b. 1633)
- August 28 - Axel Oxenstierna, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583)
- August 31 - Ole Worm, Danish physician and antiquary (b. 1588)
- September 7 - Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi and liturgical poet (b. 1579)
- October 12 - Carel Fabritius, Dutch artist (b. 1622)
- October 30 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (b. 1633)
- November 30 - John Selden, English jurist (b. 1584)
- December 5 - Jean François Sarrazin, French writer
See also Category:1654 deaths.
