What happened in 1654?

Russo-Polish War

Wars & Conflicts

1654–1667 major conflict between Tsardom of Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Anglo-Spanish War

Wars & Conflicts · Caribbean

1654–1660 war between the English Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell and Spain

Battle of Arras

Wars & Conflicts · Arras

1654 clash between the French and the Spanish

Battle of Shepeleviche

Wars & Conflicts · Šapialievičy

1654 battle part of Russo-Polish War

Battle of Shklow

Wars & Conflicts · Shklov

1654 battle

Siege of Smolensk

Wars & Conflicts · Smolensk

1654 event

Capture of Fort Rocher

Wars & Conflicts · Fort de Rocher

1654 battle

Battle of Perast

Wars & Conflicts · Perast

1654 battle

Luso-Adil Shahi War

Wars & Conflicts · Goa

1654–1655 war

Battle of Nowa Woda

Wars & Conflicts · Belarus

Battle between Polish and Russian forces

Battle of Río Bueno

Wars & Conflicts · Bueno River

1654 Spanish defeat against indigenous peoples in Chile

Battle of the Dardanelles

Wars & Conflicts · Dardanelles

1654 naval battle

Siege of Mstislav

Wars & Conflicts · Mscislaŭ

1654 siege

Sovereign's Campaign of 1654

Wars & Conflicts · Belarus

1654 battle

Treaty of Pereyaslav

Politics & Government

1654 meeting with Cossacks and Tsar of Muscovy

Treaty of Westminster

Politics & Government · City of Westminster

1654 treaty between England and Dutch Republic

Matei Basarab died

People · Târgoviște

Voivode of Wallachia

Athanasios III of Constantinople died

People · Mhar Monastery

Died in Mhar Monastery. Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller died

People · Kraków

Czech rabbi

Johannes Valentinus Andreae died

People · Stuttgart

German writer, mathematician and theologian (1586-1654)

Ole Worm died

People · Copenhagen

Danish scientist (1588–1654)

Hans Putmans died

People · Delft

Fourth governor of Dutch Formosa (d. 1654)

Jacques Lemercier died

People · Paris

French architect (1585–1654)

Orazio Grassi died

People · Rome

Italian Jesuit priest, architect and scientist

Gerolamo Sersale died

People · Naples

Italian astronomer

Giovanni de Galliano Pieroni died

People · Vienna

Italian mathematician and astrologer (1586-1654)

Charles Cavendish died

People · Handsworth

English aristocrat, Member of Parliament, and patron (1591–1654)

Johannes Remus Quietanus died

People · Rouffach

German astronomer, astrologer and doctor

Germain Doucet died

People · Sarthe

French Army officer

Francisco Correa de Araujo died

People · Segovia

Spanish organist and composer

Li Xiangjun died

People · Shangqiu

Courtesan, singer, and musician during the Ming dynasty

Julius Ernst Rautenstein died

People · Szczecin

German composer

Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French officer (1654-1712).

Kangxi Emperor born

People · Beijing

Born in Beijing. 3rd Emperor of the Qing dynasty (r. 1661–1722).

Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans died

People · Vienna

Died in Vienna. King of Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, and the Romans (1633-1654).

Emperor Reigen born

People · Kyoto

Born in Kyoto. Emperor of Japan.

Go-Kōmyō died

People · Kyoto

Died in Kyoto. Emperor of Japan (1633–1654).

İslâm III Giray died

People · Bakhchysarai

Died in Bakhchysarai. Khan of Crimea.

Lê Huyền Tông born

People · Hanoi

Born in Hanoi. King of Vietnam.

Skivum Runic Stone

Exploration & Discovery · Skivum Church

Venetian expeditions to the Dardanelles

Exploration & Discovery · Dardanelles

1654 military expedition

Nidhe Israel Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Establishment in Bridgetown, Barbados

Abylaikit Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery ruins in Ulan District, Kazakhstan

Baldan Bereeven Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Ömnödelger, Khentii, Mongolia

St. John Chrysostom Church in Yaroslavl

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Yaroslavl, Russia

Church of Saint George in Endove

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Russia

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Astano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

St Matthias Old Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in London Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK

chiesa del Purgatorio

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Gravina in Puglia, Italy

chapelle Saint-Guérin de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Haute-Savoie, in France

rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Rettenberg

church and monastery of the Cappuccini

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

explosion of the powder magazine in Delft

Disasters & Pandemics

Event in Delft 12 October 1654

San Rocco, Rome

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Rome, Italy

Vuku Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Verdal, Norway

Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption, Saint-Pierre

Architecture & Engineering

Cathedral located in Martinique, in France

Kvikne Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Tynset, Innlandet, Norway

Cingoli Cathedral

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Cingoli, Italy

Flatdal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Seljord, Eastern Norway

St. Nicholas Church

Architecture & Engineering · Nakskov

Church building in Lolland Municipality, Denmark

Church and Convent of Saint Antony

Architecture & Engineering

Church and convent in Cairu, Bahia, Brasil, historical good listed by the Bahia Artistic and Cultural Heritage Institute in the city of Cairu

Fort Ruychaver

Architecture & Engineering

Dutch trading post in the Gold Coast

Strastnoy Convent

Architecture & Engineering

Kokura Hibun

Architecture & Engineering

Funerary monument erected in tribute to Miyamoto Musashi in 1654

Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Gonchary

Architecture & Engineering

Église des Rédemptoristes

Architecture & Engineering · Féronstrée et Hors-Château

Church in Liège, Belgium

Dutch Brazil dissolved

Empires & Countries

Dutch Brazil ceased to exist.

State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão founded

Empires & Countries · Belém

State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão was founded, with its capital at Belém.

State of Maranhão dissolved

Empires & Countries · São Luís

State of Maranhão ceased to exist, having been centered at São Luís.