What Happened In 1640 - Historical Events 1640

Historical Events for the Year 1640

5th May » King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
26th October » The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Covenanter called Scotland and Charles I of England.
1st December » End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 60 years of personal union of the Crown of Portugal known as crowns of Portugal and Crown of Spain or Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.

5th January » Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer (d. 1713)
17th January » Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler (d. 1724)
25th January » William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician (d. 1707)
18th March » Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
30th March » John Trenchard (politician) named John Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695)
1st April » Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)
4th April » Gaspar Sanz, Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest (d. 1710)
31st May » Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Ukrainian husband of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1673)
5th June » Pu Songling, Chinese author (d. 1715)
9th June » Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
15th June » Bernard Lamy, French mathematician and theologian (d. 1715)
8th August » Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer (d. 1697)
29th September » Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)
4th November » Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1697)
28th November » Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain and explorer (d. 1698)
6th December » Claude Fleury, French historian and author (d. 1723)
13th December » Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (d. 1696)
14th December » Aphra Behn, English playwright and author (d. 1689)

14th January » Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1578)
25th January » Robert Burton (scholar) called Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)
17th March » Philip Massinger, English playwright (b. 1583)
2nd April » Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (b. 1595)
10th April » Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1578)
16th April » Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)
30th May » Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (b. 1577)
3rd June » Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset (b. 1584)
20th October » John Ball (Puritan) or John Ball, English clergyman (b. 1585)
1st December » Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician, List of Prime Ministers of Portugal known as Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1590)
30th December » John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (b. 1597)