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

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

Mar 08   On this day in history guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50  

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

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 in the year 1640.  

Apr 13   English Short Parliament forms (- May 5) on this day in history.  

Apr 22   Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun in the year 1640.  

May 03   English Upper house accept Act of Attainder on this day in history.  

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   Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies on this day in history.  

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

Jun 21   In the year 1640 abraham Mignon, still life painter  

Jul 12   Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 03   On this day in history 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka  

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   On this day in history english Long Parliament forms  

Nov 04   Carlo Mannelli, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 11   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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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   Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.  

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

May 31   On this day in history birth of michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

Jun 05   Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715) was born in the year 1640.  

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

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 in the year 1640.  

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 in the year 1640.  

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

Mar 17   Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies in the year 1640.  

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