1654

Year 1654 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

January - June

 * - Signing of the, ending the.
 * - crowned at
 * - succeeds his cousin  to the  throne . After her abdication on the same day, Christina, now the former reigning queen of a  nation, secretly converts to.

July - December

 * - and John Gerard executed for plotting to assassinate
 * - In the, the republican party questions pre-eminence
 * - Oliver Cromwell orders the exclusion of the members of who are hostile to him.
 * -, the most promising student of , dies aged 32 in an explosion at the arsenal at . The devastates the city in the , killing more than 100.
 * - is crowned. His  style of leadership becomes a benchmark for the rest of
 * - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher experiences an intense mystical vision that marks him for life.

Undated

 * Death of An Calbhach mac Aodha O Conchobhair Donn, last inaugurated King of (inaugurated ).
 * Twenty-three ish refugees from settle in, forming the nucleus of what would be the largest urban Jewish community in history, the Jewish community of.
 * The Russian Army seizes, and starts between  and  over.
 * proves the existence of.
 * The are noted.
 * The was concluded in the city of Pereyaslav during the meeting between the Cossacks of the Zaporizhian Host and Tsar Alexey I of Muscovy, following the Khmelnytsky rebellion.

Births

 * -, English scholar (d. )
 * -, English physician and writer (d. )
 * -, German orientalist (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, English politician (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, a accountant and the founder of  in , first of many successful bankers in Edinburgh.
 * -, Swiss mathematician and scientist (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Dutch painter (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, Italian sculptor and architect (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. )
 * -, Danish physician and antiquary (b. )
 * -, Bohemian rabbi and liturgical poet (b. )
 * -, Dutch artist (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English jurist (b. )
 * -, French writer


 * See also .