Notable Historical Events - 1647
1647 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 23 |
Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament |
Jan 30 |
Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for £400 |
Mar 14 |
Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. |
Mar 25 |
Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay |
May 11 |
Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam. |
May 23 |
Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland |
May 26 |
Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony |
May 26 |
Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut. |
Jun 4 |
English Parliamentary army under Cornet George Joyce takes King Charles I as a prisoner during Second Civil War |
Jul 7 |
People's uprising against high prices & Spanish rule in Naples |
Aug 8 |
The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill - English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces. |
Sep 1 |
French cardinal Mazarin & duke of Modena sign treaty against Milan |
Nov 11 |
Massachusetts passes first compulsory school attendance law in the American colonies |
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