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Events in June 1654 3
1586 – 1654Johann Valentin Andreae (1586-1654)Died 27 June 1654, aged 67Johann Valentin Andreae was a German Lutheran theologian and writer long suspected of authoring the anonymous Rosicrucian manifestos that swept early seventeenth-century Europe. He later served as a court chaplain and church official in Wurttemberg, promoting educational and social reform. His utopian work Christianopolis envisioned a reformed Christian society.
1654Christina of Sweden abdicates the throneQueen renounces the Swedish throne and converts to CatholicismQueen Christina abdicated the Swedish throne in favor of her cousin Charles X Gustav, ending direct Vasa rule. She left Sweden shortly afterward and publicly converted to Roman Catholicism, eventually settling in Rome. Her abdication and conversion scandalized Protestant Europe.
1654Louis XIV crowned King of FranceFifteen-year-old Louis XIV is consecrated at ReimsLouis XIV was formally crowned and anointed King of France in the cathedral at Reims, five years after nominally succeeding his father. Cardinal Mazarin continued to dominate royal government as chief minister. The coronation reaffirmed Bourbon authority after the unrest of the Fronde.