Historical Events In 1640
Friday, 19 July 2019
Jan 22 Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 in the year 1640.
Jan 25 In the year 1640 robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies
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 Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris in the year 1640.
Mar 17 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history english Upper house accept Act of Attainder
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 On this day in history leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)
Jun 21 Abraham Mignon, still life painter on this day in history.
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 Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn in the year 1640.
Aug 29 English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland in the year 1640.
Sep 29 On this day in history antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor, baptized
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 Carlo Mannelli, composer in the year 1640.
Nov 11 John Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London in the year 1640.
Nov 15 In the year 1640 nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer
Nov 25 On this day in history giles Farnaby, composer, dies
Nov 26 Carl Rosier, composer in the year 1640.
Nov 28 On this day in history willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)
Dec 01 On this day in history portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
Dec 06 Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 in the year 1640.
Dec 09 Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565) in the year 1640.
Dec 09 In the year 1640 settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
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