Historical Events In 1640
Monday, 20 January 2020
Jan 22 Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 on this day in history.
Jan 25 Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies in the year 1640.
Feb 04 In the year 1640 hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies
Feb 09 Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 on this day in history.
Mar 08 Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
Mar 09 In the year 1640 pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris
Mar 17 On this day in history philip Massinger, dramatist, dies
Apr 02 On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
Apr 10 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
Apr 13 English Short Parliament forms (- May 5) in the year 1640.
Apr 22 In the year 1640 mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun
May 03 On this day in history english Upper house accept Act of Attainder
May 05 English Short Parliament unites in the year 1640.
May 12 Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV in the year 1640.
May 30 Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies in the year 1640.
Jun 09 In the year 1640 leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)
Jun 21 On this day in history abraham Mignon, still life painter
Jul 12 Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies in the year 1640.
Aug 03 In the year 1640 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka
Aug 28 In the year 1640 second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn
Aug 29 In the year 1640 english King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland
Sep 29 Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor, baptized in the year 1640.
Oct 26 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63 in the year 1640.
Nov 03 English Long Parliament forms in the year 1640.
Nov 04 On this day in history carlo Mannelli, composer
Nov 11 John Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London in the year 1640.
Nov 15 Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer in the year 1640.
Nov 25 On this day in history giles Farnaby, composer, dies
Nov 26 Carl Rosier, composer in the year 1640.
Nov 28 In the year 1640 willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)
Dec 01 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule in the year 1640.
Dec 06 Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 on this day in history.
Dec 09 In the year 1640 pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)
Dec 09 On this day in history settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
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