Historical Events In 1640
Sunday, 16 February 2025
Jan 22 Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 in the year 1640.
Jan 25 In the year 1640 robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies
Feb 04 Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies on this day in history.
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 in the year 1640.
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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1640 english Short Parliament forms (- May 5)
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 Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies on this day in history.
Jun 09 In the year 1640 leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)
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 in the year 1640.
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 Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer in the year 1640.
Nov 25 Giles Farnaby, composer, dies in the year 1640.
Nov 26 Carl Rosier, composer in the year 1640.
Nov 28 On this day in history willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)
Dec 01 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule on this day in history.
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 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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