Editing 1652 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Michiel de Ruyter]] marries the widow Anna van Gelder and plans retirement, but months later becomes a vice-commodore in the [[First Anglo-Dutch War]].
* [[February 4]] &ndash; At [[Edinburgh]], the parliamentary commissioners of the [[Commonwealth of England]] proclaim the [[Tender of Union]] to be in force in [[Scotland]], annexing the Scottish nation with the concession that Scotland would have 30 representatives in the parliament of the English Commonwealth.  
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Oliver Cromwell]], England's Lord Protector, announces that his Council of Scotland will regulate church affairs as part of the Terms of Incorporation of Scotland into England, and eliminates Presbyterianism as Scotland's state religion.
* [[March 29]] (April 8 New Style) &ndash; Total [[solar eclipse of April 8, 1652]] ("Black Monday").

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 6]] &ndash; Dutch sailor [[Jan van Riebeeck]] establishes a resupply camp for the [[Dutch East India Company]] at the [[Cape of Good Hope]] in modern-day [[South Africa]], thus founding [[Cape Town]].
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Rhode Island]] passes the first law in North America making [[slavery]] illegal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/1641.html|work=Slavery and the Making of America|title=Time and Place|publisher=Thirteen|year=2004|quote=Rhode Island passes laws restricting slavery and forbidding enslavement for more than 10 years.|access-date=2018-02-24}}</ref>
* [[May 19]] (May 29, New Style) &ndash; [[First Anglo-Dutch War]]: [[Battle of Dover (1652)|Battle of Dover]] &ndash; The opening battle is fought off Dover between Lt.-Admiral [[Maarten Tromp]]'s 42 Dutch ships and 21 English ships divided into two squadrons, one commanded by [[Robert Blake (admiral)|Robert Blake]] and the other by Nehemiah Bourne; the result is inconclusive.
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[George Fox]] preaches to a large crowd on [[Firbank Fell]] in England, leading to the establishment of the Religious Society of Friends ([[Quakers]]).

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 2]] &ndash; The [[Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine]] is fought east of [[Paris]] between French Parliamentarians (led by [[Louis, Grand Condé]]) against the army of King [[Louis XIV]], commanded by [[Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne|the Viscount of Turenne]], with neither side prevailing.
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[List of massacres in France#Bourbon France|A mob kills 150 people]], including judges, in the massacre at the [[Hôtel de Ville, Paris]]. 
* [[July 5]] &ndash; The [[1652 Articles of Peace and Friendship]] are signed between the [[Province of Maryland]] and the [[Susquehannock|Conestoga Indians]], ceding most of the land around the Chesapeake Bay to the English colonists.
* [[July 10]] &ndash; The [[First Anglo-Dutch War]] begins formally as the English Commonwealth declares war against the [[Dutch Republic]]. 
* [[July 17]] &ndash; The "Great Fire of Glasgow" destroys one-third of the Scottish city.
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[First Anglo-Dutch War]]: [[Battle of Plymouth]] &ndash; A fleet from the [[Commonwealth of England]] attacks an outward-bound convoy of the [[Dutch Republic]], escorted by 23 men-of-war and six fire ships, commanded by Vice-Commodore [[Michiel de Ruyter]]; the Dutch escape.
* [[September 11]] &ndash; The [[Guo Huaiyi Rebellion]], a peasant revolt on the island of [[Taiwan]] against colonial rule in [[Dutch Formosa]], is suppressed after four days.

=== October&ndash;December === 
* [[October 2]] &ndash; The [[Great Fire of Oulu (1651)|Great Fire of Oulu]] destroys almost all of the houses of the town’s [[bourgeoisie]], the provision warehouses and the [[drawbridge]] of [[Oulu Castle]], in the town of [[Oulu]], [[Finland]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Oulun kaupungin historia I |trans-title=The History of the City of Oulu I |last= Virkkunen |first= A.H. |publisher=Kirjola Oy |year= 1953|pages=128–130|language=fi}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[First Anglo-Dutch War]]: [[Battle of the Kentish Knock]] &ndash; In a battle fought near the shoal called the Kentish Knock in the [[North Sea]], about {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the mouth of the [[River Thames]], the Dutch are forced to withdraw.
* [[November 30]] &ndash; The Netherlands takes control of the English Channel after the [[Battle of Dungeness]] ends in a Dutch victory over the English Royal Navy.
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[First Anglo-Dutch War]]: Defeat at the [[Battle of Dungeness]] causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.</onlyinclude>

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The first coins of the [[Massachusetts pound]] are made for circulation. Prior currency had consisted of [[wampum]].