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1641 1642 1643
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Events
*
Charles I of England Charles I summons and rapidly dismisses the
Short Parliament in an attempt to fund the second of the
Bishops Wars.
*
October 26 - The
Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between
Scotland and
Charles I of England.
*November: The English
Long Parliament is summoned.
*
December 1 -
Portugal regains its
independence from
Spain and
João IV of Portugal becomes king. Spain does not recognize the Independence before
1668.
*Change of
Ottoman Emperor Sultan of the
Ottoman Empire from
Murat IV (
1623-1640) to
Ibrahim I (1640-
1648).
*First book printed in
North America, the
Bay Psalm Book.
*First known European
coffee house opens in
Venice.
*
Henry Glapthorne flourishes.
Births
*
January 25 -
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d.
1707)
*
March 18 -
Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d.
1719)
*
March 30 -
John Trenchard (Secretary of State) John Trenchard, English statesman (d.
1695)
*
April 1 -
Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d.
1697)
*
May 31 -
Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d.
1673)
*
June 9 -
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d.
1705)
*
September 29 -
Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d.
1720)
*
November 28 -
Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain
*
December 6 -
Claude Fleury, French historian (d.
1723)
*
December 13 -
Robert Plot, British naturalist (d.
1696)
''See also
:Category:1640 births.''
Deaths
*
January 14 -
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b.
1578)
*
January 25 -
Robert Burton (scholar) Robert Burton, English scholar (b.
1577)
*
February 9 -
Murad IV,
Ottoman Sultan (b.
1612)
*
March 17 -
Philip Massinger, English dramatist (b.
1583)
*
April 10 -
Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b.
1578)
*
May 30 -
Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (b.
1577)
*
June 3 -
John Aylmer (English constitutionalist) John Aylmer, English politicial theorist (b.
1521)
*June 3 -
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b.
1584)
*
October 20 -
John Ball (Puritan) John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b.
1585)
*
December 30 -
John Regis, French saint (b.
1597)
*
Uriel Acosta, Portuguese philosopher (suicide) (b.
1585)
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