1651 Totally Explained

Year 1651 (MDCLI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday (Julian-1651) of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1651

January - June

January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. This is his first crowning.
June 28 - June 30: The biggest battle of the 17th century, Battle of Beresteczko, between Poles and Ukrainians, won by Poles.

July - December

September 3 - English Civil War: Battle of Worcester - Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.

October 14 - Laws are passed in Massachusetts forbidding poor people from adopting excessive styles of dress.

October- An English diplomatic team headed by Oliver St John went to The Hague to negotiate an alliance between the English Commonwealth and the Dutch Republic.

Ongoing events

Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653)

Undated

Keian Uprising fails in Japan.

Births

January 3 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)

March 4 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1716)

March 31 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (d. 1685)

April 6 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)

April 10 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)

April 21 - Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)

April 30 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer (d. 1719)

May 27 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles (d. 1729)

September 1 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)

September 16 - Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (d. 1716)

October 21 - Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)

Gorgin Khan, Persian Governor of Kandahar (d. 1709) ť See also .

Deaths

April 7 - Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)

September 3 - Kösem, sultane and regent of the Ottoman empire

September 27 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)

October 7 - Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)

October 25 - Saint Job of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian Saint (b. 1551)

November 20 - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)

November 26 - Henry Ireton, English Civil War leader (b. 1611)

December 14 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (b. 1582)

Marubashi Chūya and Yui Shōsetsu (b. 1605), Japanese rebels. ť See also .

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