1652
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)
BirthsApril 7 - Pope Clement XIIApril 21 - Michel Rolle, mathematician (d. 1719)
DeathsJune 21 - Inigo Jones, architect (b. 1573)
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