Historical Events In 1640

Jan 22   Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 in the year 1640.   

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   On this day in history guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50   

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   In the year 1640 agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61   

Apr 13   In the year 1640 english Short Parliament forms (- May 5)   

Apr 22   In the year 1640 mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun   

May 03   In the year 1640 english Upper house accept Act of Attainder   

May 05   In the year 1640 english Short Parliament unites   

May 12   Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV in the year 1640.   

May 30   In the year 1640 andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies   

Jun 09   In the year 1640 leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)   

Jun 21   Abraham Mignon, still life painter on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1640 carlo Mannelli, composer   

Nov 11   In the year 1640 john Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 28   Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648) in the year 1640.   

Dec 01   In the year 1640 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   On this day in history pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)   

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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Jan 25   William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707) was born in the year 1640.   

Mar 18   On this day in history birth of philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)   

Mar 30   In the year 1640 birth of john Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695)   

Apr 01   On this day in history birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)   

Apr 22   In the year 1640 birth of mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun   

May 31   On this day in history birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

Jun 05   Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

Jun 09   Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1640 death of thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)   

Jan 22   In the year 1640 erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55   

Jan 25   Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies in the year 1640.   

Feb 04   Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies in the year 1640.   

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 in the year 1640.   

Mar 17   On this day in history philip Massinger, dramatist, dies   

Apr 02   Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.