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Historical Events In 1640
Saturday, 25 January 2020
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 on this day in history.
Feb 04 On this day in history 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 On this day in history guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50
Mar 09 On this day in history pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris
Mar 17 On this day in history philip Massinger, dramatist, dies
Apr 02 On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
Apr 10 In the year 1640 agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61
Apr 13 English Short Parliament forms (- May 5) in the year 1640.
Apr 22 Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun on this day in history.
May 03 English Upper house accept Act of Attainder on this day in history.
May 05 In the year 1640 english Short Parliament unites
May 12 On this day in history uprising against Spanish king Philip IV
May 30 Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies on this day in history.
Jun 09 On this day in history leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)
Jun 21 Abraham Mignon, still life painter in the year 1640.
Jul 12 On this day in history henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies
Aug 03 In the year 1640 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 on this day in history.
Nov 03 In the year 1640 english Long Parliament forms
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 Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer on this day in history.
Nov 25 Giles Farnaby, composer, dies on this day in history.
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 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule in the year 1640.
Dec 06 In the year 1640 matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75
Dec 09 On this day in history pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)
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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