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| 1951 |
| | | Libya wins independence from Italy, as a kingdom with Idris I as head of state | |
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| 1951 |
| | | Henri Matisse completes the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence, with every detail designed by himself | |
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| 1952 |
| | | George VI dies and is succeeded by his elder daughter as Elizabeth II | |
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| 1952 |
| | | Hans Werner Henze's first full-length opera, Boulevard Solitude, has its premiere in Hanover | |
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| 1952 |
| | | US boxer Rocky Marciano becomes world heavyweight champion, defeating 'Jersey Joe' Walcott | |
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| 1952 |
| | | A decision by the United Nations makes Eritrea an autonomous federal province within Ethiopia | |
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| 1952 |
| | | French economist Jean Monnet becomes the first president of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) | |
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| 1952 |
| | | A left-wing coup brings Paz Estenssoro to power and launches a 12-year revolution in Bolivia | |
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| 1952 |
| | | US author Ralph Ellison publishes his first novel, Invisible Man, a Kafkaesque account of a black immigrant's life in New York | |
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| 1952 |
| | | X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin, working at King's College in London, photographs DNA | |
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