1640

align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1637 1638 1639 - 1640 - 1641 1642 1643

align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s

align="center" | Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Events

December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and Joo IV of Portugal becomes king. Spain does not recognize the indepedence before 1668
Charles I summons and rapidly dismisses the Short Parliament in an attempt to fund the second of the Bishops Wars.
November: The English Long Parliament is summoned.
Change of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from Murat IV (1623-1640) to Ibrahim I (1640-1648)
First book printed in North America, the Bay Psalm Book
First known European coffee house opens in Venice

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