1640
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s |
| Years: | 1637 1638 1639 - 1640 - 1641 1642 1643 |
| 1640 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1640 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1640
[edit] January - June
- May 5 - King Charles I of England disperses the Short Parliament.
- Charles I summons the Short Parliament in an attempt to fund the second of the Bishops Wars.
[edit] July - December
- October 26 - The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
- November: The English Long Parliament is summoned.
- December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. Spain does not recognize Portugal's independence until 1668.
[edit] Undated
- The first university in Finland, the Academy of Åbo, was founded in Turku.
- Change of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from Murat IV (1623-1640) to Ibrahim I (1640-1648).
- The first book is printed in North America, the Bay Psalm Book.
- The first known European coffee house opens in Venice.
- Henry Glapthorne flourishes.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1640 MDCXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2393 |
| Armenian calendar | 1089 ԹՎ ՌՁԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -204 – -203 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2184 |
| Chinese calendar | 4276/4336-12-9 (己卯年十二月初九日) — to —
4277/4337-11-19(庚辰年十一月十九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1632 – 1633 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5400 – 5401 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1695 – 1696 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1562 – 1563 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4741 – 4742 |
| Holocene calendar | 11640 |
| Iranian calendar | 1018 – 1019 |
| Islamic calendar | 1049 – 1050 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 17 (寛永17年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2300 (皇紀2300年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11640 |
| Julian calendar | 1685 |
| Korean calendar | 3973 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2183 |
- January 25 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)
- March 18 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
- March 30 - John Trenchard, English statesman (d. 1695)
- April 1 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)
- May 31 - Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)
- June 9 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
- September 29 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)
- November 28 - Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain
- December 6 - Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723)
- December 13 - Robert Plot, British naturalist (d. 1696)
[edit] Unknown dates
- (none)
- See also Category:1640 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 - Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
- January 25 - Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)
- February 9 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1612)
- March 17 - Philip Massinger, English dramatist (b. 1583)
- April 10 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b. 1578)
- May 30 - Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (b. 1577)
- June 3
- John Aylmer, English political theorist (b. 1521)
- June 3 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. 1584)
- September 30 - Charles, Duke of Guise (b. 1571)
- October 20 - John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)
- December 30 - John Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Uriel da Costa, Portuguese philosopher (suicide) (b. 1585)
- Pedro Teixeira, explorer
- probable
- See also Category:1640 deaths.
[edit] Fiction
The play Cyrano by Edmond Rostand takes place in the year 1640.
