Notable Historical Events - 1640
1640 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Mar 9 |
Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris |
Apr 13 |
English Short Parliament forms (- May 5) |
May 3 |
English Upper house accept Act of Attainder |
May 5 |
English Short Parliament unites |
May 12 |
Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV |
Aug 3 |
2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka |
Aug 3 |
Zorilla's "Bire el Ojo" premieres in Toledo |
Aug 28 |
Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn |
Aug 29 |
English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland |
Nov 3 |
English Long Parliament forms |
Nov 11 |
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, impeached by the House of Lords on the evidence of John Pym, and imprisoned in the Tower of London; he was later executed. |
Dec 1 |
Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule |
Dec 9 |
Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin |
Dec 15 |
Duke of Braganca crowned King Johan IV of Portugal |
Dec 25 |
Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis |
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