Major Events
- Jan 1 Charles II Stuart crowned King of Scotland at Scone Abbey
- Feb 6 -7] Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris
- Feb 13 Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo
- Mar 5 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
- Mar 31 Great earthquake at Cuzco, Peru
- Jun 12 The newly completed Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is unveiled in Rome
- Jun 28 Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians starts.
- Jun 30 The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising - the Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory
- Jul 24 Anthony Johnson, a free African American, receives grant of 250 acres in Virginia
- Sep 3 Battle of Worcester: Oliver Cromwell's New Model army destroys English royalist force of mainly Scots in last battle of English Civil War
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Fun Fact About 1651
King Charles II of England spends a day hiding in an oak tree during his escape after losing the Battle of Worcester
Who Died in 1651
- Jan 8 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, Italian composer, dies at 56
- Jan 13 Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter, cartoonist, printmaker, and engraver, dies at 86
- Apr 7 Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
- Jun 16 Marsilio Casentini, Italian composer, dies at 74
- Aug 27 Jacob Backer, Dutch painter, dies at about 43
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