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| 1951 |
| | | British author John Wyndham creates a dark fantasy in his novel The Day of the Triffids | |
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| 1951 |
| | | In Christ of St John of the CrossSalvador Dali paints an image of the crucified Christ seeming to fly on his cross | |
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| 1951 |
| | | A Question of Upbringing begins Antony Powell's 'A Dance to the Music of Time' | |
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| 1951 |
| | | The Rake's Progress, with music by Igor Stravinsky and libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, has its premiere in Venice | |
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| 1951 |
| | | Labour loses the general election and Winston Churchill returns to Downing Street as prime minister | |
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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 |
| | | French economist Jean Monnet becomes the first president of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) | |
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| 1952 |
| | | X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin, working at King's College in London, photographs DNA | |
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| 1952 |
| | | In his first book of Structures, for two pianos, Pierre Boulez provides a classic of serial music | |
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