Historical Events In 1640

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   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   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   In the year 1640 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) on this day in history.   

Apr 22   On this day in history mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun   

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

May 05   English Short Parliament unites in the year 1640.   

May 12   On this day in history uprising against Spanish king Philip IV   

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   In the year 1640 abraham Mignon, still life painter   

Jul 12   Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies in the year 1640.   

Aug 03   On this day in history 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   English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland on this day in history.   

Sep 29   Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor, baptized on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63 in the year 1640.   

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 in the year 1640.   

Nov 25   Giles Farnaby, composer, dies on this day in history.   

Nov 26   In the year 1640 carl Rosier, composer   

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   On this day in history matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75   

Dec 09   Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565) in the year 1640.   

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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Jan 25   In the year 1640 birth of william Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)   

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

Mar 30   On this day in history birth of john Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695)   

Apr 01   In the year 1640 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)   

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

May 31   In the year 1640 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

Jun 05   In the year 1640 birth of pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)   

Jun 09   Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705) was born in the year 1640.   

Jan 14   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1640 guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50   

Mar 17   Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45 in the year 1640.