WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1654
Find out what all happened January to August 1654

Louis XIV was crowned King of France. (7. June 1654)

Queen Christina abdicates the Swedish throne and is succeeded by her cousin Charles X Gustav. She abdicated because she wanted to become a Catholic (which is forbidden in the strictly Protestant Sweden) and did not want to marry to produce an heir to the throne. (6. June 1654)

The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War. (9. February 1654)

Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America. (22. August 1654)

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