Historical Events for Year 1640
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Months in Year 1640: March April May August November December
Events 1 - 15 of 15
Mar 9th - Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris
Apr 13th - English Short Parliament forms (- May 5)
May 3rd - English Upper house accept Act of Attainder
May 5th - English Short Parliament unites
May 12th - Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV
Aug 3rd - 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka
Aug 3rd - Zorilla's "Bire el Ojo," premieres in Toledo
Aug 28th - Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn
Aug 29th - English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland
Nov 3rd - English Long Parliament forms
Nov 11th - John Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London
Dec 1st - Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
Dec 9th - Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
Dec 15th - Duke of Braganca crowned King Johan IV of Portugal
Dec 25th - Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis
