Today in History for Year 1650
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Months in Year 1650: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 12 of 12
Jan 18th - French Prince Louis II of Condé captured
Apr 20th - VOC-management sets new guidelines
Apr 27th - Scottish general Montrose defeated
Apr 27th - The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army invades mainland Scotland from Orkney Island but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
Apr 30th - French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain
Jun 9th - The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
Jul 30th - Prince Willem II occupies Amsterdam
Aug 3rd - Viceroy Willem II & Amsterdam reach accord about standing army
Sep 3rd - Battle at Dunbar: England vs Scotland
Sep 29th - 2nd Fronde-uprising ends
Sep 29th - Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)
Dec 21st - Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 13 of 13
Feb 2nd - Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress (King Charles II)
Feb 15th - Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France (hugenot)
Apr 20th - William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)
Apr 27th - Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
May 24th - John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist
Aug 16th - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (d. 1718)
Aug 27th - Johann Samuel Welter, composer
Sep 23rd - Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
Oct 21st - Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth)
Nov 4th - William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702)
Nov 7th - John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723)
Nov 14th - Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)
Nov 28th - John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25]
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 19 of 19
Jan 11th - Paul Hallman, composer, dies at 49
Feb 1st - Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
Feb 8th - John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
Feb 11th - Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
Mar 29th - Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73
Apr 18th - Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian (b. 1602)
May 20th - Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44
May 21st - James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged
May 28th - Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
Jun 19th - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
Jul 18th - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74
Aug 19th - Abraham de Verwer, painter, buried at about 55
Sep 13th - Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/archbishop, dies at 72
Oct 21st - Pedro de Espinosa, Spanish poet/writer, dies
Oct 29th - David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)
Nov 6th - Willem II, earl of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at 24
Nov 13th - Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595)
Nov 24th - Manuel Cardoso, composer, dies at 83
Dec 31st - Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)
