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Events
- March 14 - Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
- April 3 - In England, letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons
- May 29 - The Rhode Island General Assembly drafts a constitution that separates church and state, and permits public referenda and initiatives on legislation.
- August 8 - The battle of Dungans Hill, Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces.
- August - Peter Stuyvesant appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.
- Johann von Werth tried to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refused.
Events of the
- Castle of Aberystwyth razed to the ground by Parliamentarian troops
- August: Army marches to London
- December 28, Charles promises church reform. This agreement led to the Second English Civil War.
Ongoing events
Births
- January 7 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
- March 12 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
- April 1 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (d. 1680)
- June 20 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
- July 2 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councillor (d. 1730)
- August 12 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)
- August 22 - Denis Papin, French inventor
- September 23 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1720)
- November 18 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706)
- Henry Aldrich, English theologian and philosopher (d. 1710)
See also .
Deaths
- January 29 - Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565)
- March 14 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b. 1584)
- May 21 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and historian (b. 1581)
- June 12 - Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian
- July 7 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (b. 1586)
- July 16 - Masaniello, Italian rebel (b. 1622)
- August 24 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
- October 8 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562)
- October 25 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1608)
- Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (b. 1598)
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