Historical Events for Year 1652
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Jan 24th - Duke of Orleans joins Fronde rebels
Apr 6th - Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in S Africa, established
Apr 6th - John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown
Apr 7th - Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, S Africa
May 2nd - Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik
May 4th - Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels
May 10th - John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va
May 13th - Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki
May 18th - Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
May 19th - Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen
May 29th - English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp
Jun 10th - In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint in America
Jun 27th - New Amsterdam (now NYC) passes 1st speed limit law in US
Jul 4th - Prince of Condé starts blood bath in Paris
Jul 6th - Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns)
Jul 10th - England declares war on Netherlands
Jul 25th - Nikita Minin becomes patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
Aug 26th - Sea battle at Plymouth: Ayscue vs De Ruyter
Sep 7th - Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English
Sep 16th - Spanish troops occupy Dunkerk
Sep 28th - English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock
Oct 13th - Prince of Condé flees Paris
Oct 21st - King Louis XIV returns to Paris
Dec 10th - Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet
