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    1654 (MDCLIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1654th...
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    between the English Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell, and Spain, between 1654 and 1660. It was caused by commercial rivalry. Each side attacked the other's...
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    The Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667, also called the Thirteen Years' War, Muscovite War of 1654–1667 and the First Northern War, was a major conflict between...
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  • with the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1690. The ship was originally launched in 1654 under the name Torrington for the navy of the Commonwealth of England. Her...
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  • for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Deptford, and launched in 1654. After the Restoration in 1660, her name was changed to HMS Anne. It was...
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    (r. 1645–1676), in the town of Pereiaslav in central Ukraine, in January 1654. The ceremony took place concurrently with ongoing negotiations that started...
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    Barbara Berkeley, Viscountess Fitzhardinge (née Villiers; c. 1654 – 19 September 1708) was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne of Great Britain and governess...
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  • 1650s BC (redirect from 1654 BC)
    Decades 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC Years 1659 BC 1658 BC 1657 BC 1656 BC 1655 BC 1654 BC 1653 BC 1652 BC 1651 BC 1650 BC Categories v t e...
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  • for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth, and launched in 1654. After the Restoration in 1660 she was renamed HMS Montagu in honour of Edward...
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    Commonwealth of England by Sir Phineas Pett at Ratcliffe, and launched in 1654 under the name Tredagh (Tredagh is an alternative name for the Irish town...
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    for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woodbridge, and launched in 1654. After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, her name was changed to Mary...
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  • The year 1654 in science and technology involved some significant events. Sicilian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna publishes De systemate orbis cometici...
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    Łukasz de Bnin Opaliński of Łodzia coat of arms (1581–1654) was a Polish nobleman. He was castellan of Poznań from 1615, Court Marshal of the Crown from...
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    (1654; modern Wilmington, Del.) Översidolandet (1654; modern Wilmington, Del.) Timmerön or Timber Island (1654; modern Wilmington) Strandviken (1654;...
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    the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing dynasty which occurred in the spring of 1654 on the Songhua River. Korean musketeers were also present from Joseon. It...
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    the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Blackwall Yard, and launched in 1654. After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS York. By 1677 her armament...
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    first recorded Jewish settler was Jacob Barsimson, who arrived in August 1654 on a passport from the Dutch West India Company. Following the assassination...
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  • 1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 … In literature 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 Art Archaeology...
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    Williams, alias Cromwell (c. 1560–1617), who married Elizabeth Steward (c. 1564–1654), probably in 1591. They had ten children, but Oliver, the fifth child, was...
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  • Events from the year 1654 in France Monarch – Louis XIV 25 August – Battle of Arras Louis de Boullogne, painter (died 1733) Jean-François Gerbillon, missionary...
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    leaving. In that year he made no (dated) paintings or etchings at all. In 1654 Rembrandt produced a controversial nude Bathsheba at Her Bath. In June Hendrickje...
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    built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1621. She was rebuilt in 1654 at Woolwich by Christopher Pett as a 60-gun third rate ship of the line....
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  • … 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 … In science 1647 1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653...
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  • when the wreck was rediscovered. History England Name London Ordered 3 July 1654 Builder Taylor, Chatham Launched June 1656 Fate Accidentally blown up, 7...
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  • the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Horsleydown, and launched in 1654. After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS Henrietta. By 1677 her...
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    Robert Livingston the Elder (13 December 1654 – 1728) was a Scottish-born merchant and government official in the Province of New York. He was granted...
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  • Ahmad Lahauri) is completed. The Radziwiłł Palace, Vilnius, is completed. 1654 – Construction of Skokloster Castle in Sweden to the design of Caspar Vogel...
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    county of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1641, and from 1654 to 1714. Between 1641 and 1654, and after 1714, it was split into the Uppsala County and...
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    Peter Claver (category 1654 deaths)
    Claver, SJ (Spanish: Pedro Claver y Corberó; 26 June 1580 – 8 September 1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú who, due to his...
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    of large copper hemispheres with mating rims that were used in a famous 1654 experiment to demonstrate the power of atmospheric pressure. When the rims...
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