1640

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Years: 1637 1638 1639 - 1640 - 1641 1642 1643

Decades: 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1640 by topic: Arts and Science Architecture - Art - Literature - Music - Science Lists of leaders Colonial governors - State leaders Birth and death categories Births - Deaths Establishments and disestablishments categories Establishments - Disestablishments Works category Works 1640 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 1640 MDCXL Ab urbe condita 2393 Armenian calendar 1089 ԹՎ ՌՁԹ Chinese calendar 4276/4336-12-9 (己卯年十二月初九日) — to — 4277/4337-11-19 (庚辰年十一月十九日) Ethiopian calendar 1632 – 1633 Hebrew calendar 5400 – 5401 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 1695 – 1696 - Shaka Samvat 1562 – 1563 - Kali Yuga 4741 – 4742 Iranian calendar 1018 – 1019 Islamic calendar 1050 – 1051 Japanese calendar - Imperial Year Kōki 2300 (皇紀2300年) - Jōmon Era 11640 Thai solar calendar 2183

1640 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Media

[edit] Events

• Charles I summons the Short Parliament in an attempt to fund the second of the Bishops Wars.
• May 5 - King Charles I of England disbands the Short Parliament.
• 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 until 1668.
• Change of 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.

[edit] 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, 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.

[edit] Deaths

• January 14 - Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
• January 25 - 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 political theorist (b. 1521)
• June 3 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. 1584)
• October 20 - John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)
• December 30 - John Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
• Uriel Acosta, Portuguese philosopher (suicide) (b. 1585)

See also Category:1640 deaths.

[edit] Media

The play Cyrano by Edmond Rostand takes place in the year 1640.