1651

Events of 1651

January - June

• January 1 - Charles II is crowned King of Scotland in Scone (this is his first crowning).
• June 28 - June 30 - Battle of Beresteczko: The Poles defeat the Ukrainians (the biggest battle of the 17th century).

July - December

• September 3 - English Civil War - Battle of Worcester: Charles II of England is defeated in the last major battle of the war.
• October 14 - Laws are passed in Massachusetts forbidding poor people from adopting excessive styles of dress.
• October - An English diplomatic team headed by Oliver St John went to The Hague to negotiate an alliance between the English Commonwealth and the Dutch Republic.

Ongoing events

• Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653)

Undated

• The Keian Uprising fails in Japan.
• Possible year of the disappearance of the island Buise in the Petri Flood.

Births

• January 3 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
• March 4 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1716)
• March 31 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (d. 1685)
• April 6 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)
• April 10 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
• April 21 - Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)
• April 30 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer (d. 1719)
• May 27 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles (d. 1729)
• September 1 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)
• September 16 - Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (d. 1716)
• October 21 - Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)
• Gorgin Khan, Persian Governor of Kandahar (d. 1709)

See also 1651 births.

Deaths

• April 7 - Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
• September 3 - Kösem, sultane and regent of the Ottoman empire
• September 27 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
• October 7 - Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)
• October 25 - Saint Job of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint (b. 1551)
• November 20 - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
• November 26 - Henry Ireton, English Civil War leader (b. 1611)
• December 14 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (b. 1582)
• Marubashi Chūya and Yui Shōsetsu (b. 1605), Japanese rebels

See also 1651 deaths.