Explore 158 historical events from 1640–1649.
Antoine Daniel was a French Jesuit missionary in North America, at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.
Antoine Daniel, French missionary and saint, one of the eight Canadian Martyrs (born 1601)
Ibrahim was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 until 1648.
Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (born 1615)
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury KB was an English soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher.
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier and diplomat (born 1583)
Sir George Lisle was a professional soldier from London who briefly served in the later stages of the Eighty and Thirty Years War, then fought for the Royalists during the Wars of …
George Lisle, English general (born 1610)
Sir Charles Lucas was a member of the landed gentry from Essex. A Royalist cavalry leader during the First English Civil War, in March 1646 he swore not to fight against Parliament…
Charles Lucas, English general (born 1613)
Sir William Ashhurst was a British banker, merchant and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1689 to 1710. He also served as the Lord Mayor of L…
William Ashhurst, English banker, Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and politician (died 1720)
The Irish Confederate Wars took place from 1641 to 1653. The conflict began with the Irish rising of 1641 and evolved into a prolonged struggle over Ireland's future, as Irish forc…
The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces…
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gr…
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Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea, was an English Tory politician and peer who supported the Hanoverian Succession in 1714. Known as Lord Nottingham unti…
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1730)
Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.
Margaret Mary Alacoque, French nun, mystic and saint (died 1690)
Denis Papin FRS was a French Huguenot physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker, t…
Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (died 1712)
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright who lived during the Dutch Golden Age in literature.
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (born 1581)
Canonicus was a chief of the Narragansett people. He was wary of the colonial settlers, but he ultimately befriended Roger Williams and other settlers.
Canonicus, Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett (born 1565)
Leonard Calvert was an English-born colonial administrator who served as the first proprietary governor of Maryland from 1634 to 1647. He was the second son of George Calvert, 1st …
Leonard Calvert, Colonial governor of Maryland (born 1606)
Thomas Farnaby was an English schoolmaster and scholar. He operated a successful school in the Cripplegate ward of London and enjoyed great success with his annotations of classic …
Thomas Farnaby, English scholar and educator (born 1575)
Thomas Hooker was a prominent English colonial leader and Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was…
Thomas Hooker, English minister, founded the Colony of Connecticut (born 1586)
Tommaso Aniello, popularly known by the contracted name of Masaniello, was an Italian fisherman, who led the Neapolitan Revolt of 1647 against the rule of Habsburg Spain in the Kin…
Masaniello, Italian rebel (born 1622)
Nicholas Stone was an English sculptor and architect. In 1619 he was appointed master-mason to James I, and in 1626 to Charles I.
Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (born 1586)
Jules Hardouin-Mansart was a French Baroque architect and builder whose major work included the Place des Victoires (1684–1690); Place Vendôme (1690); the domed chapel of Les Inval…
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect (probable; (died 1708)
Charles Plumier was a French botanist after whom the frangipani genus Plumeria is named. Plumier is considered one of the most important of the botanical explorers of his time. He …
Charles Plumier, French botanist and author (died 1704)
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia or Elena Lucrezia Corner, also known in English as Helen Cornaro, was a Venetian philosopher of noble descent who in 1678 became one of the first wo…
Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1684)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, with the creation of calcul…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (died 1716)
Johann Theile was a German composer of the Baroque era, famous for the opera Adam und Eva, Der erschaffene, gefallene und aufgerichtete Mensch, first performed in Hamburg on 2 Janu…
Johann Theile, German organist and composer (died 1724)
Lieutenant général des armées navales Jean-Baptiste du Casse was a French Navy officer, privateer, slave trader and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of Saint…
Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and buccaneer (died 1715)