1653
Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. April 20 – Oliver Cromwell expels the Long Parliament May 24 – Ferdinand IV is elected King of the Romans June 12 - First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard - lasted until June 13. July 4 - The Barebones Parliament meets in London till December 12 August 9 - English naval victory over Dutch fleet off the Texel December 16 - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. End of the first period of republican government called the Commonwealth of England. The Rump Parliament was disbanded by Oliver Cromwell. See also the Long Parliament and Southamptonshire.Marcello Malpighi becomes a doctor of medicine.Stephen Bachiler returns to England. John Thurloe becomes the head of intelligence for Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate Taj Mahal finished
Births January 13 - Philipp Jakob Spener, theologian († 1705) February 17 - Arcangelo Corelli, composer († 1713) April 2 - Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne of Great Britain June 26 - Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, chief minister of France under Louis XV Roger North, biographer († 1734) Chikamatsu Monzaemon, playwright († 1724)
Deaths August 10 - Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral
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