1654

Years: 1651 1652 1653 - 1654 - 1655 1656 1657
Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1654 in art 1654 in literature 1654 in science

Events

April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War.
June 6 - Charles X succedes his cousin Christina to the Swedish throne. After her abdication on June 5, Christina now the former reigning queen of a Protestant nation, secretly converts to Catholicism.
September 3 - In the English Parliament, the republican party question Cromwell's pre-eminence
September 12 - Oliver Cromwell orders the exclusion of the members of Parliament who are hostile to him
October 12 - Carel Fabritius, the most promising student of Rembrandt, dies aged 32 in an explosion at the arsenal at Delft

Twenty-three Jewish refugees from Brazil settle in New Amsterdam, forming the nucleus of what would be the largest urban Jewish community in history, the Jewish community of New York City.
The Ukrainian Bogdan Chmielnicki renounces Ukrainian independence and swears allegiance to Tsar Alexis of Russia
The Russian Army seizes Smolensk, and war starts between Russia and Poland over the Ukraine
Otto von Guericke proves the existence of atmospheric pressure