Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century 17th century 18th century
Decades:	1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s
Years:	1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654

1651 by topic
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1651 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1651 MDCLI
Ab urbe condita	2404
Armenian calendar	1100 ԹՎ ՌՃ
Assyrian calendar	6401
Balinese saka calendar	1572–1573
Bengali calendar	1058
Berber calendar	2601
English Regnal year	2 Cha. 2 – 3 Cha. 2 (Interregnum)
Buddhist calendar	2195
Burmese calendar	1013
Byzantine calendar	7159–7160
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4348 or 4141 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 4349 or 4142
Coptic calendar	1367–1368
Discordian calendar	2817
Ethiopian calendar	1643–1644
Hebrew calendar	5411–5412
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1707–1708
- Shaka Samvat	1572–1573
- Kali Yuga	4751–4752
Holocene calendar	11651
Igbo calendar	651–652
Iranian calendar	1029–1030
Islamic calendar	1061–1062
Japanese calendar	Keian 4 (慶安４年)
Javanese calendar	1572–1573
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3984
Minguo calendar	261 before ROC 民前261年
Nanakshahi calendar	183
Thai solar calendar	2193–2194
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1777 or 1396 or 624 — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1778 or 1397 or 625

1651 (MDCLI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1651st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 651st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1650s decade. As of the start of 1651, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

January–March

January 1 – Charles II is crowned King of Scots at Scone (his first crowning).^[1]
January 24 – Parliament of Boroa in Chile: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet at Boroa, renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín, in 1641 and 1647.^[2]^[3]
February 22 – St. Peter's Flood: A first storm tide in the North Sea strikes the coast of Germany, drowning thousands.^[4].The island of Juist is split in half, and the western half of Buise is probably washed away.
March 4 – St. Peter's Flood: Another storm tide in the North Sea strikes the Netherlands, flooding Amsterdam.
March 6 – The town of Kajaani is founded by Count Per Brahe the Younger.^[5]
March 15 – Prince Aisin Gioro Fulin attains the age of 13 and becomes the Shunzhi Emperor of China, which had been governed by a regency since the death of his father Hong Taiji in 1643.
March 26 – The Spanish ship San José, loaded with silver, is pushed south by strong winds; it wrecks on the coast of southern Chile, and its surviving crew is killed by indigenous Cuncos.^[6]^[7]

April–June

April 7 – Shunzhi, Emperor of China, announces in an imperial edict that he will purge corruption from government.
April 25 – Thomas Hobbes publishes his magnum opus, the political tract Leviathan, in England. ^[8]
May 12 – General Marcin Kalinowski of Poland wins the Battle of Kopychyntsi against Zaporozhian Cossacks forces under the command of Asand Demka during the Khmelnytsky Uprising in what is now Ukraine.
May 21 – The Sovereign Military Order of Malta purchases the Caribbean islands of Saint Barthélemy, Saint Christopher, Saint Croix and Saint Martin from the France's Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique. The Order will sell the islands in 1665 to the French West India Company.
June 17 – Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659); A squadron of Spanish galleys under John of Austria the Younger capture the French galleon Lion Couronné off Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain.
June 30 – After three days of fighting in the Battle of Berestechko in Ukraine, one of the biggest land battles of the 17th century, with some 205,000 troops in the field, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Army defeats the Zaporozhian Cossacks.

July–September

July 20 – At the Battle of Inverkeithing in Scotland, the English Parliamentarian New Model Army, under Major-General John Lambert, defeats a Scottish Covenanter army acting on behalf of Charles II, led by Sir John Brown of Fordell.
August 13 – The troops of King Charles II of Scotland force the retreat of English Commonwealth troops at the Battle of Warrington Bridge, the last victory of Scotland over England in battle.
August 28
- The "Onfall of Alyth takes place in the Scottish town of the same name when most of the members of Scotland's governing body, the Committee of States, are betrayed to English invaders. The Earl of Leven, the Earl of Crawford, the Earl Marischal, Lord Nairne and other prominent people are captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London. ^[9]
- The Battle of Upton is fought at Upton-upon-Severn in England, where Scottish invaders commanded by Major General Edward Massey are defeated by the English Parliamentarians led by John Lambert. The retreat of the Scots clears the way for the successful English attack at Worcester.
September 1 – The siege of Dundee ends with the English Parliamentarian army, under General Monck, decisively defeating Covenanters in the last battle of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in Scotland.
September 2 – Kösem Sultan is assassinated by her daughter-in-law, Turhan Sultan.
September 3 – Charles II of England, leading a largely-Scottish army, is defeated in the Battle of Worcester, the last major battle of the English Civil War, and forced to flee.

October–December

October 14 – Laws are passed in Massachusetts, forbidding poor people from adopting excessive styles of dress.
October 16 – Prince Charles^{[dubious – discuss]} of the House of Stuart escapes from England to find refuge in France.^[10]
October – An English diplomatic team, headed by Oliver St John, goes to The Hague to negotiate an alliance between the Commonwealth of England and the Dutch Republic.
November 3 – The Manx Rebellion of 1651 comes to an end as the Countess of Derby surrenders the Isle of Man to the forces of Oliver Cromwell in return for a guarantee of safe passage for herself, her family and her servants, off of the island.
December 17 – Castle Cornet in Guernsey, the last stronghold which had supported the King in the Third English Civil War, surrenders.