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The 1640s decade ran from January 1, 1640, to December 31, 1649. January 6 – The Siege of Salses in Catalonia ends almost six months after it had started
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Capital of England and the United Kingdom
performances halted when Puritan authorities shut down the theatres in the 1640s. The ban was lifted during the 1660 Restoration; London's oldest theatre
London
Decade
The 1640s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1649 BC to December 31, 1640 BC. Bazaya, King of Assyria, r. 1650–1622 BC Ammi-Ditana, King of Babylonia
1640s_BC
The decade of the 1640s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1649: John Aubrey describes the megaliths at Avebury, England. 1643: Athanasius
1640s_in_archaeology
17th-century Dutch territorial possession in Angola
Loango-Angola is the name for the possessions of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) in contemporary Angola and the Republic of the Congo. Notably, the
Dutch_Loango-Angola
English landowner and politician (1588–1653)
Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston (1588 – 25 July 1653) of Kedington, alias Ketton, Suffolk, was an English (East Anglian) landowner, magistrate and senior representative
Nathaniel_Barnardiston
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This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the US State of New Mexico and the historical area that is now occupied by the state
Timeline of New Mexico history
Timeline_of_New_Mexico_history
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Town in Gujarat, India
of Kachchh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Founded in about the 1640s, the town was an important mercantile centre and port throughout its history
Mundra
Major events in the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia
This article is a timeline of the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Great Indian Warpath
Timeline_of_Virginia_history
English lawyer, author and politician (1600–1669)
Canterbury (1633–1645). His views were Presbyterian, but he became known in the 1640s as an Erastian, arguing for overall state control of religious matters.
William_Prynne
Province of Maryland's (Colonial Maryland) economic history
Maryland's colonial economic history is marked by a heavy reliance on the tobacco crop. Though it would remain a slave state until the end of the Civil
Economic history of Colonial Maryland
Economic_history_of_Colonial_Maryland
Irish regiment in the 1640s
regiment which served during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the mid-1640s. Manus O'Cahan's Regiment of Foot was a body of soldiers, many of whom fought
Manus_O'Cahan's_Regiment
Capital and largest city in Massachusetts, United States
press. p. 96. Christopher 2006, p. 46. ""Growth" to Boston in its Heyday, 1640s to 1730s" (PDF). Boston History & Innovation Collaborative. 2006. p. 2.
Boston
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Events from the 1640s in Canada. c. 1640: Beavers and otters nearly exterminated in Iroquois country. To expand territory, Iroquois launch decades-long
1640s_in_Canada
Apostle of Jesus
Saint Peter and the angel, early 1640s, by Antonio de Bellis
Saint_Peter
This timeline of the history of piracy in the 1640s is a chronological list of key events involving pirates between 1640 and 1649. António Vieira, a Portuguese
1640s_in_piracy
Territories ruled by the United Kingdom
mid-17th century. Large sugarcane plantations were first established in the 1640s on Barbados, with assistance from Dutch merchants and Sephardic Jews fleeing
British_Empire
in continental Europe and, later, wide, flat collars. By the 1630s and 1640s, collars were accompanied by kerchiefs similar to the linen kerchiefs worn
1600–1650_in_Western_fashion
This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events between the foundation of Quebec and establishment of the Sovereign Council. 1603 -
Timeline of Quebec history (1608–1662)
Timeline_of_Quebec_history_(1608–1662)
Village in New York, United States
second largest village in New York by population. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the
Freeport,_New_York
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List of decades, centuries, and millennia
List_of_decades,_centuries,_and_millennia
The following lists events that happened during the 1640s in South Africa. 1643 - The Portuguese ship, Santa Maria Madre de Deus is wrecked off the South
1640s_in_South_Africa
The timeline of Montreal history is a chronology of significant events in the history of Montreal, Canada's second-most populated city, with about 3.5
Timeline_of_Montreal_history
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. 120-122 Pons Aelius small Roman fort and bridge
Timeline of Newcastle upon Tyne
Timeline_of_Newcastle_upon_Tyne
This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from before the lead up to the American Revolution (c. 1760). c. 27,000–12,000 years
Timeline of pre–United States history
Timeline_of_pre–United_States_history
Japanese swordsman, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (c. 1584–1645)
Miyamoto Musashi Self-portrait, 1640s Born Shinmen Bennosuke c. 1583 Shinjuku Prefecture or Mimasaka Province, Japan Died 13 June 1645(1645-06-13) (aged 60–61)
Miyamoto_Musashi
Type of formal neckwear
Ruffs were popular in the sixteenth century, and remained so until the late 1640s, alongside the more fashionable standing and falling bands. Ruffs, like
Bands_(neckwear)
English Cavalier
Lieutenant-General Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (26 October 1612 – 19 February 1658), known as The Lord Wilmot between 1643 and 1644 and as The
Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester
Henry_Wilmot,_1st_Earl_of_Rochester
Civil wars in England, Ireland, and Scotland (1639–1651)
This is a timeline of events leading up to, culminating in, and resulting from the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. 27 March: After the death of his father
Timeline of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Timeline_of_the_Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms
English soldier and landowner in Ireland
leading English Parliamentarian figure in the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s. Cole was born and raised in London, the only son of Emmanuel Cole of Devon
William_Cole_(planter)
First Dutch Reformed Church (New Amsterdam) (1633), Pearl Street in New Amsterdam—Congregation was organized in the 1620s. It was a simple timber structure
List of demolished churches in New York City
List_of_demolished_churches_in_New_York_City
Earthquake in Venezuela
The 1641 Caracas earthquake took place in Venezuela on 11 June 1641. It is often known as the San Bernabé earthquake because 11 June is the feast day of
1641_Caracas_earthquake
Italian painter (1605–1660)
Saint Praxedis (1640s) The "Bardi-Serzelli" version
Felice_Ficherelli
Italian physicist and astronomer (1564–1642)
to a century after his death. Supporting the legend was a claim that a 1640s painting by the Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo or an artist of
Galileo_Galilei
1976 Hong Kong film by John Woo
Princess Chang Ping (Chinese: 帝女花; pinyin: Dì nǚ huā; lit. 'The Flower Princess') is a 1976 Hong Kong Cantonese opera film directed John Woo. It is a remake
Princess_Chang_Ping_(film)
Calendar year
2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1642, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead
1642
Emperor of Japan from 1629 to 1643
Okiko (Japanese: 興子), posthumously honored as Empress Meishō (明正天皇, Meishō-tennō; January 9, 1624 – December 4, 1696), was the 109th monarch of Japan,
Empress_Meishō
Subclass of English Reformed Protestants
churches. These Separatist and Independents became more prominent in the 1640s, when the supporters of a presbyterian polity in the Westminster Assembly
Puritans
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List_of_1950s_musical_artists
Part of the biblical narrative of the Exodus
Crossing the Red Sea, a wall painting from the 1640s in Yaroslavl, Russia
Parting_of_the_Red_Sea
Relic in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City
Statue of Pope Urban VIII Bust of King Charles I Bust of Thomas Baker Medusa 1640s Bust of Cardinal Richilieu Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini Memorial to Ippolito
Chair_of_Saint_Peter
In England, appropriation of common land
historians as 'the pre-eminent form' of social protest from the 1530s to 1640s. After William I invaded and conquered England in 1066, he distributed its
Enclosure
Calendar year
2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 17th century, and the 4th year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1643, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead
1643
Calendar year
2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1649, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead
1649
College of the University of Cambridge
population of the college in the 17th century led to the building, in the 1640s, of the Fellows' Building in what is now Second Court. The original 15th/16th-century
Christ's_College,_Cambridge
Scottish-American family
involvement in, American political and economic affairs dates from the 1640s through the contemporary era. Their primary contributions have been in the
Lauder-Greenway_family
First scientific book about Brazil
Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (English: Brazilian Natural History), originally written in Latin, is the first scientific work on the natural history of
Historia_Naturalis_Brasiliae
Marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Statue of Pope Urban VIII Bust of King Charles I Bust of Thomas Baker Medusa 1640s Bust of Cardinal Richilieu Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini Memorial to Ippolito
Apollo_and_Daphne_(Bernini)
their religion under King Charles I and then under the Commonwealth. In the 1640s and early 1659 four men, Captain James Wadsworth, Francis Newton, Thomas
List of Roman Catholics handed over to the judiciary in the London area during the 1640s
List_of_Roman_Catholics_handed_over_to_the_judiciary_in_the_London_area_during_the_1640s
Holiest cities in Judaism
the purpose of fundraising within the Jewish diaspora, originating in the 1640s when the Jewish communities of Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed formed an association
Four_Holy_Cities
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
printmaker. In the etchings of his maturity, particularly from the late 1640s onward, the freedom and breadth of his drawings and paintings found expression
Rembrandt
English explorer and HBC director
James Knight (c. 1640 – c. 1721) was an English director of the Hudson's Bay Company and an explorer who disappeared on an expedition to find the Northwest
James_Knight_(explorer)
Chronological history of the visual arts by year and decade
1550s – 1560s – 1570s – 1580s – 1590s – 1600s – 1610s – 1620s – 1630s – 1640s – 1650s – 1660s – 1670s – 1680s – 1690s – 1700s – 1710s – 1720s – 1730s
Timeline_of_art
The list of ship launches in the 1640s includes a chronological list of some ships launched from 1640 to 1649.
List of ship launches in the 1640s
List_of_ship_launches_in_the_1640s
Programmable machine that processes data
Online Etymology Dictionary gives the first attested use of computer in the 1640s, meaning 'one who calculates'; this is an "agent noun from compute (v.)"
Computer
Group of English Puritans who left Bermuda for the Bahamas in the 1640s
Bermuda to settle on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas in the late 1640s. The small group of Puritan settlers, led by William Sayle, were expelled
Eleutheran_Adventurers
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695
Ahmed II (Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثانی, romanized: Aḥmed-i sānī; Turkish: II. Ahmed; 25 February 1643 or 1 August 1642 – 6 February 1695) was the sultan
Ahmed_II
Calendar year
2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1647, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead
1647
1346–1353 pandemic in Eurasia and North Africa
earliest Chinese descriptions of the bubonic plague do not appear until the 1640s. Nestorian gravesites dating from 1338 to 1339 near Issyk-Kul have inscriptions
Black_Death
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
civil war in 1642 and had been closely associated with them during the 1640s. Only St John was persuaded to retain his seat in Parliament. The Royalists
Oliver_Cromwell
Indian Bijapur Sultanate general (d. 1659)
Shah II was a minor whose mother had been the de facto ruler since the mid-1640s, when his father had fallen seriously ill. The decision of sending Afzal
Afzal_Khan_(general)
1987 video game
Sid Meier's Pirates! is a 1987 action-adventure strategy video game developed and published by MicroProse for the Commodore 64. It was designed by Sid
Sid_Meier's_Pirates!
City and county in England
became Bristol Cathedral. Bristol also gained city status that year. In the 1640s, during the English Civil War, the city was occupied by Royalists, who built
Bristol
British businessman (c. 1648–1713)
Edward Lloyd (c. 1648 – 15 February 1713) was the British owner of a London-based eponymous coffee house, a publisher and the origin of the names of the
Edward Lloyd (coffee house owner)
Edward_Lloyd_(coffee_house_owner)
Chinese rebel leader (1606–1645)
success but also on occasion came close to complete defeat. By the early 1640s he had established himself as the foremost rebel leader, and his call for
Li_Zicheng
1640–1659 rebellion to restore an independent Catalonia
The Reapers' War (Catalan: Guerra dels Segadors, Eastern Catalan: [ˈɡɛrə ðəls səɣəˈðos]; Spanish: Guerra de los Segadores, French: Guerre des faucheurs)
Reapers'_War
17th-century American colonist convicted of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials
Sarah Osborne (also variously spelled Osbourne, Osburne, or Osborn; née Warren, formerly Prince, (c. 1643 – May 29, 1692) was a colonist in the Massachusetts
Sarah_Osborne
French fortune teller and poisoner (d. 1680)
Catherine Monvoisin, or Montvoisin, née Deshayes, known as "La Voisin" (c. 1640 – 22 February 1680), was a French fortune teller, commissioned poisoner
La_Voisin
Period of global instability (1600s–1700s)
on the massive horrors that wars could bring to entire populations. The 1640s in particular saw more state breakdowns around the world than any previous
The_General_Crisis
Tall, conical hat of the 16th–17th centuries
Buytewech) Flanders, 1630s (Man with a Hat painting by Adriaen Brouwer) England, 1640s (Ester Tradescant and Son, attributed to Thomas de Critz) A spurious buckled
Capotain
17th-century still-life painting sub-genre
accompanied by live human and animal figures. The genre was developed in the 1640s in Antwerp from where it spread quickly to the Dutch Republic. Flemish artists
Pronkstilleven
English astrologer, respected in that career for over 30 years. In the 1640s he was appointed licenser of mathematical publications, and so in effect
John_Booker_(astrologer)
17th Century Atlas
The Atlas van Loon was commissioned by Frederik Willem van Loon of Amsterdam. It consists of a large number of maps published between 1649 and 1676: The
Atlas_van_Loon
Flemish Baroque painter (1610–1690)
leading Flemish artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck in the early 1640s. He influenced the next generation of Northern genre painters as well as
David_Teniers_the_Younger
Class of elite mercenary warriors
although Scottish Highland mercenaries continued to come to Ireland until the 1640s (notably Alasdair Mac Colla). They fought under the Irish general Owen Roe
Gallowglass
Italian painter
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1618–1651 theater of war
industry) financed much of the Dutch military budget during the 1630s and early 1640s. After the State of Brazil recognised John IV of Braganza in 1641, succeeded
Thirty Years' War outside Europe
Thirty_Years'_War_outside_Europe
1642 Dano-Mughal War confrontation
The capture of Den Bengalske Prise (transl. The Bengali Prize) by Danish yachts took place in late 1642 in the Bay of Bengal. Following the governor of
Capture of Den Bengalske Prise
Capture_of_Den_Bengalske_Prise
Special administrative region of China
successfully by the Portuguese. Macau entered a period of decline in the 1640s following a series of catastrophic events for the burgeoning colony: Portuguese
Macau
Indigenous confederacy in North America
Dutch established trade and an allyship with the Mohawk people. By the 1640s Dutch traders were exporting thousands of furs a year, most of which were
Haudenosaunee
1975 West German TV series or program
Earthquake in Chile (German: Das Erdbeben in Chili) is a 1975 West German television drama film directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms. The film is an adaptation
Earthquake_in_Chile_(film)
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Richmond, Virginia, United States Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Great Indian Warpath
Timeline of Richmond, Virginia
Timeline_of_Richmond,_Virginia
Zaporozhian Cossack colonel (early 1640s–1710)
Paliy (Russian: Семён Палий), native surname Hurko (Ukrainian: Гурко; early 1640s – 24 January / 13 May 1710) was a Zaporozhian Cossack polkovnyk (colonel)
Semyon_Paliy
Civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653
The Fronde was a civil war fought in France between 1648 and 1653. The term comes from the French noun for slingshot, and was originally a derogatory term
The_Fronde
Dutch painter (1640–1719)
Jan Weenix or Joannis Wenix (between 1641/1649 – 19 September 1719 (buried)) was a Dutch painter. He was trained by his father, Jan Baptist Weenix, together
Jan_Weenix
1999 – 2024 Tarchen, Cherkip Gompa, Dho, Dungmar, Gesur, Gezon, Itse Gompa, Khochar, Nyanri, Ringung, Sanmar and Zuthulphuk Bhutan Tibet 1640s –1959
List_of_enclaves_and_exclaves
French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (1592–1655)
interpretation of Pascal's Puy-de-Dôme experiment with a barometer in the late 1640s; this suggested a created vacuum is possible. He asserted and defended (in
Pierre_Gassendi
Calendar year
2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1641, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead
1641
Song
English ballad. It was first published on a broadside in the middle of the 1640s as a protest against the policies of Parliament relating to the celebration
The_World_Turned_Upside_Down
Calendar year
2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1640, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead
1640
1640s English political movement
26 August 2025. Milner, Graham (30 October 2009). "The Levellers and the 1640s English Revolution". links.org. Links. Retrieved 1 March 2025. Foxley, Rachel
Levellers
1563 painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
is also the subject of at least two more paintings by other artists: a 1640s painting by Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger and a 1650s painting
Dull_Gret
1642 assualt of a Danish factory in Bengal
Mirza Mumin's assault and subsequent destruction of the Danish factory at Pipli in Bengal by Mughal forces occurred in late 1641. After having problems
Mirza_Mumin's_assault
Ancient Greek term for an artisan/craftsman
Jesus in the workshop of Joseph the Carpenter, by Georges de La Tour, 1640s.
Tektōn
Series of wars in England, 1642–1651
Ordinary people took advantage of the dislocation of civil society in the 1640s to gain personal advantages. The contemporary guild democracy movement won
English_Civil_War
1884 novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz
By Fire and Sword (Polish: Ogniem i mieczem) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of
With_Fire_and_Sword
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat (Old English bucc(a)) or a male deer (Old English bucc). Old English Bucc(a) is found as a personal name, as is Old Norse Bukkr. Names such as Walter le Buk (Somerset 1243) are clearly nicknames.English : topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bÅc).German : from a personal name, a short form of Burckhard (see Burkhart).North German and Danish : nickname for a fat man, from Middle Low German bÅ«k ‘belly’. Compare Bauch.German : variant of Bock.German : variant of Puck in the sense ‘defiant’, ‘spiteful’, or ‘stubborn’.German : topographic name from a field name, Buck ‘hill’.Emanuel Buck came from England to Plymouth Colony in the 1640s and in 1647 settled in Wethersfield, CT.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : patronymic from the personal name Lans (Germanic Lanzo).English : habitational name from Lancing in West Sussex, so named from an Old English personal name Wlanc + -ingas ‘family or followers of’.This was the most frequent name in New Netherland in the 17th century. Among others, Gerrit Frederickse Lansing and his wife, Elizabeth Hendrix, came to America with their European-born children during the late 1640s. There is a waterway near Utica, NY called Lansingkill, named for a family with this surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of unknown etymology. It looks like a habitational name, but no place of this name is known in Britain. The proposed etymology from an Old English personal name, Higbert, is equally doubtful.The name was brought to North America in the 1640s from Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a huntsman, or rather a nickname for an exceptionally skilled huntsman, from Middle English chase ‘hunt’ (Old French chasse, from chasser ‘to hunt’, Latin captare).Southern French : topographic name for someone who lived in or by a house, probably the occupier of the most distinguished house in the village, from a southern derivative of Latin casa ‘hut’, ‘cottage’, ‘cabin’.Thomas Chase came to MA from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, in the 1640s, and had many prominent descendants. Samuel Chase, born in Somerset Co., MD, in 1741, was one of the first members of the U.S. Supreme Court; Philander Chase, born in Cornish, NH, in 1741 was a prominent Episcopal clergyman, and his nephew Salmon Portland Chase (1808–73), also born in Cornish, was governor of OH, a U.S. senator, and secretary of the U.S. Treasury during the Civil War.
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1640S
Girl/Female
Spanish
Bitter; Woman from Magdala.
Boy/Male
Australian, Dutch, German, Greek
People's Victory
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Chipping of Birds
Boy/Male
Irish Scottish
War. Lively. Aggressive. An Irish surname that has only been used as a first name (either...
Boy/Male
British, English
Ravine
Boy/Male
Indian
A Lion
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
A Part of Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
American, Australian, French, German, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish
Prince of the People; Brave People; A Bold Man
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Support
Girl/Female
Tamil
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