What Happened In 1653 - Historical Events 1653

Historical Events for the Year 1653

3rd January » By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Christianity named Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portugal called Portuguese tutelage.
2nd February » New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City e.g The City of New York) is incorporated.
20th April » Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
12th June » First Anglo-Dutch War: the Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13.

17th February » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1713)
2nd April » Prince George of Denmark (d. 1708)
8th May » Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, Minister of Defence (France) or Minister of Defence for France (d. 1734)
21st May » Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1697)
30th May » Claudia Felicitas of Austria (d. 1676)
1st June » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (d. 1704)
5th July » Thomas Pitt, English businessman and politician (d. 1726)
11th July » Sarah Good, American woman accused of witchcraft (d. 1692)
9th August » John Oldham (poet) named John Oldham, English poet and translator (d. 1683)
14th August » Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (d. 1688)
1st September » Johann Pachelbel, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1706)
18th October » Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)

24th March » Samuel Scheidt, German organist and composer (b. 1587)
26th May » Robert Filmer, English theorist and author (b. 1588)
10th July » Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
31st July » Thomas Dudley, English-American politician, 3rd Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)
10th August » Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1598)
3rd September » Claudius Salmasius, French scholar and author (b. 1588)
3rd October » Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (b. 1612)
7th October » Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (b. 1581)