1647

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Years: 1644 1645 1646 - 1647 - 1648 1649 1650

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

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1647 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 1647 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 1647 MDCXLVII Ab urbe condita 2400 Armenian calendar 1096 ԹՎ ՌՂԶ Chinese calendar 4283/4343-11-26 (丙戌年十一月廿六日) — to — 4284/4344-12-6 (丁亥年十二月初六日) Ethiopian calendar 1639 – 1640 Hebrew calendar 5407 – 5408 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 1702 – 1703 - Shaka Samvat 1569 – 1570 - Kali Yuga 4748 – 4749 Iranian calendar 1025 – 1026 Islamic calendar 1057 – 1058 Japanese calendar Shōhō 4 (正保4年) - Imperial Year Kōki 2307 (皇紀2307年) - Jōmon Era 11647 Thai solar calendar 2190

1647 (MDCXLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Events of the English Civil War 1.2 Ongoing events 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

• March 14 - Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
• April 3 - In England, letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons
• May 29 - The Rhode Island General Assembly drafts a constitution that separates church and state, and permits public referenda and initiatives on legislation.
• August 8 - The Battle of Dungans Hill, Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces.
• August - Peter Stuyvesant appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.
• Johann von Werth tried to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refused.

[edit] Events of the English Civil War

• Castle of Aberystwyth razed to the ground by Parliamentarian troops.
• August: Army marches to London
• December 28, Charles promises church reform. This agreement led to the Second English Civil War.

[edit] Ongoing events

• English Civil War (1642-1649)

[edit] Births

• January 7 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (died 1677)
• March 12 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (died 1727)
• April 1 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (died 1680)
• June 20 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (died 1691)
• July 2 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councillor (died 1730)
• August 12 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (died 1719)
• August 22 - Denis Papin, French inventor (died 1712)
• September 23 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (died 1720)
• November 18 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (died 1706)
• Henry Aldrich, English theologian and philosopher (died 1710)

See also Category:1647 births.

[edit] Deaths

• January 29 - Francis Meres, English writer (born 1565)
• March 14 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (born 1584)
• May 21 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and historian (born 1581)
• June 12 - Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian (born c.1575)
• July 7 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (born 1586)
• July 16 - Masaniello, Italian rebel (born 1622)
• August 24 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (born 1586)
• October 8 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (born 1562)
• October 25 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1608)
• Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (born 1598)

See also Category:1647 deaths.