See also: 1650 in literature, other events of 1651, 1652 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• August 22 - Execution of Protestant preacher, Christopher Love, whose sermons were later published.

New Books

• Gondibert (second impression) - Sir William Davenant
• Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes
• Reliquiae Wottonianiae - Sir Henry Wotton (posthumous)
• Jeune Alcidiane - Marin le Roy de Gomberville

Births

• April 6 - André Dacier, classical scholar
• August 6 - François Fénelon, theologian
• ?November 12 - Sor Juana, poet

Deaths

• October 7 - Jacques Sirmond, scholar