What happened in 1653?
Battle of Portland, Battle of Leghorn and Battle of the Gabbard — among 50 events recorded in 1653. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 11
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Battle of Finta
1653 battle
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Battle of Zhvanets
1653 battle
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Siege of Suczawa
1653 siege
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Siege of Mouzon
1653 siege
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Battle of Portland
1653 naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War
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Battle of Leghorn
1653 battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War
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Battle of the Gabbard
1653 battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War
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Battle of Scheveningen
1653 final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War
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Battle of Bordeaux
1653 naval battle
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Battle of Monastyryshche
1653 battle
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Siege of Castelló d'Empúries
1653 siege
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Stettin
1653 treaty between Brandenburg and Sweden
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People 8
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Christoph Scheibler died
German theologian (1589-1653)
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Adam Wybe died
Engineer
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Jusepa Vaca died
Spanish actor
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André-Hercule de Fleury born
Born in Lodève. Catholic cardinal (1653-1743).
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Claude Louis Hector de Villars born
Born in Moulins. Marshal General of France.
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Carlo Ruzzini born
Born in Venice. Doge of Venice.
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Frederick Louis of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck born
Born in Haus Beck. Titular Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1653-1728).
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Azam Shah born
Born in Burhanpur. Temporary ruler of Mughal Empire (1707).
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Science & Technology 1
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Our Lady of the Rosary University
Private university in Bogotá, Colombia
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Fort Mattapony
historic archaeological site located near Walkerton, King and Queen County, Virginia
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Religion & Belief Systems 14
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ancienne abbaye de Moutons
Abbey located in Manche, in France
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Valday Iversky Monastery
Monastery
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Santa Rita da Cascia in Campitelli Church
Church in Rome
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Saint Victor
Church building in Poschiavo in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland
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San Bernardo (Santa Margherita Ligure)
Building in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy
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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church in Herve, Belgium
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Wooden Church of the Ascension
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Bērstele Lutheran church
Latvian cultural monument No. 6190
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First Parish Church Site-Dover Point
church building in New Hampshire, United States of America
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Sint-Salvatorkapel (Wieze)
Chapel at Wieze, Belgium
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Sint-Guibertuskerk
Church in Itegem (Heist-op-den-Berg), Belgium
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Taiyū-in Mausoleum
Building in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
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Kirchstraße 2, Nerchau
Cultural heritage monument in Saxony, house in Nerchau, Germany
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Rectory
Church residential building in Steinen in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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İzmir earthquake of 1653
7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck İzmir in western Turkey on February 23, 1653
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Glencairn's rising
Royalist revolt in Scotland, 1653–1654
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Architecture & Engineering 11
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Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Owczary
Church building in Owczary, Poland
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Santa Maria Maggiore della Pietrasanta, Naples
Church in central Naples, Italy on Via Tribunali
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San Giuseppe Church
Church in Siena
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Santa Lucia
Church building in Montepulciano, Italy
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Small Church of Saint Anne (Alcamo)
Church building in Alcamo, Italy
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Cape Coast Castle
Former fortified colonial trading post in Ghana
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Fort Provintia
Former fort in Tainan
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Saint-Roch, Paris
Church in Paris, France
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Château de la Calade
Château in Aix-en-Provence, France
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Illinska Church in Subotiv
Church building in Subotiv, Ukraine
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Capilla de Loreto
Chapel in Cusco, Peru
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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U Hybernů
Theatre in Prague, originally the Baroque Church of Virgin’s Mary Immaculate Conception, later used as a custom house
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1653 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1653.
17th century 1
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Irish Confederate Wars
War which took place in Ireland between 1641 and 1653
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