Historical Events In 1640

Jan 22   On this day in history 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   Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 09   On this day in history murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27  

Mar 08   Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Mar 09   Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 10   Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61 in the year 1640.  

Apr 13   English Short Parliament forms (- May 5) in the year 1640.  

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

May 03   English Upper house accept Act of Attainder in the year 1640.  

May 05   In the year 1640 english Short Parliament unites  

May 12   In the year 1640 uprising against Spanish king Philip IV  

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

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

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   2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka in the year 1640.  

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   On this day in history english King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland  

Sep 29   Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor, baptized in the year 1640.  

Oct 26   In the year 1640 pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63  

Nov 03   English Long Parliament forms on this day in history.  

Nov 04   Carlo Mannelli, composer in the year 1640.  

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

Nov 15   In the year 1640 nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer  

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

Nov 26   On this day in history carl Rosier, composer  

Nov 28   On this day in history willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)  

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   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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Jan 25   On this day in history birth of william Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)  

Mar 18   In the year 1640 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   Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun was born in the year 1640.  

May 31   Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 05   On this day in history birth of pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)  

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

Jan 14   Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 04   On this day in history hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies  

Feb 09   In the year 1640 murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27  

Mar 08   Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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.