1654

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s 1860s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s

Years: 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 - 1654 - 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659

• April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster[?], ending the First Anglo-Dutch War.
• Twenty-three Jewish refugees from Brazil settle in New Amsterdam, forming the nucleus of what would be the largest urban Jewish community in history, the Jewish community of New York City.

Births

• Emperor Reigen of Japan

Deaths

• Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan