Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s
Years: 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 - 1645 - 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650
Events
- July 2: Fight at Alford[?], Aberdeenshire
- Siege of Ragban Castle[?] during the Civil War, see Abergavenny
- The Long Parliament outlaws the 1559 version of the Book of Common Prayer
- Beginning of the Maunder Minimum, a time period when sunspots became exceedingly rare
- Founding of the Stolberg-Wernigerode branch of the family of counts of Stolberg and Wernigerode in Germany
Births
- Captain William Kidd, Scottish privateer and alleged pirate
Deaths
- Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman
- May 19 - Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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