Historical Events In 1640
Monday, 10 August 2020
Jan 22 In the year 1640 erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55
Jan 25 On this day in history robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies
Feb 04 Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies on this day in history.
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 Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris in the year 1640.
Mar 17 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies in the year 1640.
Apr 02 Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.
Apr 10 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61 in the year 1640.
Apr 13 On this day in history english Short Parliament forms (- May 5)
Apr 22 Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun in the year 1640.
May 03 English Upper house accept Act of Attainder in the year 1640.
May 05 English Short Parliament unites on this day in history.
May 12 In the year 1640 uprising against Spanish king Philip IV
May 30 On this day in history andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies
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 In the year 1640 henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies
Aug 03 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka on this day in history.
Aug 28 On this day in history second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn
Aug 29 English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland in the year 1640.
Sep 29 Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor, baptized on this day in history.
Oct 26 On this day in history pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63
Nov 03 On this day in history english Long Parliament forms
Nov 04 Carlo Mannelli, composer on this day in history.
Nov 11 John Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London on this day in history.
Nov 15 Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer on this day in history.
Nov 25 In the year 1640 giles Farnaby, composer, dies
Nov 26 Carl Rosier, composer in the year 1640.
Nov 28 Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648) in the year 1640.
Dec 01 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule on this day in history.
Dec 06 In the year 1640 matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75
Dec 09 In the year 1640 pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)
Dec 09 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin in the year 1640.
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