1653 Calendar
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1653 Historical Event(s)
February 2, 1653
– New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
April 20, 1653
– Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
June 12, 1653
– First Anglo-Dutch War: the Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13.
December 16, 1653
– English Interregnum: The Protectorate – Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Who Were Born On 1653?
February 17, 1653
– Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713)
April 2, 1653
– Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
May 8, 1653
– Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734)
May 21, 1653
– Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria (d. 1697)
June 1, 1653
– Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
July 5, 1653
– Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726)
July 25, 1653
– Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat (d. 1728)
August 9, 1653
– John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)
August 14, 1653
– Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (d. 1688)
October 18, 1653
– Abraham van Riebeeck, Dutch territorial governor of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)