What Happened In March 1649 In History

Historical Events for March, 1649

• 11th » The Frondeurs and the France named French sign the Peace of Rueil.
• 19th » The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it '"useless and dangerous to the people of England"'.

Famous Deaths for March 1649

• 9th » James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish politician (b. 1606)
• 9th » Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (b. 1590)
• 16th » Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (b. 1593)
• 17th » Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and martyr (b. 1610)
• 19th » Gerhard Johann Vossius, German scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
• 26th » John Winthrop, English-American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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