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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s |
| Years: | 1649 1650 1651 - 1652 - 1653 1654 1655 |
| 1652 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1652 (MDCLII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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Events of 1652
January - June
- January 8 - Michiel de Ruyter marries the widow Anna van Gelder and plans retirement, but months later becomes a Vice-Commodore in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
- 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.
July - December
- August 26 - Battle of Plymouth (First Anglo-Dutch War): A fleet from the Commonwealth of England attacked an outward-bound convoy of the United Provinces escorted by 23 men-of-war and six fire ships commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter.
- October 8 - Battle of the Kentish Knock (First Anglo-Dutch War): The battle is fought near the shoal called the Kentish Knock in the North Sea about 30 km from the mouth of the river Thames.
Ongoing events
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1652 MDCLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2405 |
| Armenian calendar | 1101 ԹՎ ՌՃԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -192 – -191 |
| Berber calendar | 2602 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2196 |
| Burmese calendar | 1014 |
| Chinese calendar | 4288/4348-11-20 (辛卯年十一月二十日) — to —
4289/4349-12-1(壬辰年十二月初一日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1368 – 1369 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1644 – 1645 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5412 – 5413 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1707 – 1708 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1574 – 1575 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4753 – 4754 |
| Holocene calendar | 11652 |
| Iranian calendar | 1030 – 1031 |
| Islamic calendar | 1062 – 1063 |
| Japanese calendar | Keian 5Jōō 1 (承応元年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2312 (皇紀2312年) |
| Korean calendar | 3985 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2195 |
- March 3 - Thomas Otway, English dramatist (d. 1685)
- March 28 - Samuel Sewall, English-born judge (d. 1730)
- April 7 - Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)
- April 21 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
- December 9 - Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (d. 1723)
- December 25 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (d. 1713)
- See also Category:1652 births.
Deaths
- February 7 - Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (born 1582)
- June 21 - Inigo Jones, English architect (born 1573)
- July 30 - Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (born 1624)
- August 22 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (bborn 1583)
- August 23 - John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (born 1600)
- October 8 - John Greaves, English mathematician and antiquarian (born 1602)
- October 20 - Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (born 1611)
- November 4 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (born 1597)
- December 11 - Denis Petau, French theologian and historian (born 1583)
- November 21 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (born 1585)
- December 23 - John Cotton, founder of Boston, Massachusetts (born 1585)
- See also Category:1652 deaths.
