1650

Events

• June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler.
• August 23 - Colonel George Monck forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, forerunner of Coldstream Guards
• November 4 - William III of Orange becomes Prince of the House of Orange the moment of his birth, succeeding his father who had died a few days earlier.
• First modern Palio in Siena
• Puritans chop down the original Glastonbury Thorn
• Captain James Hind makes an abortive attempt to seize power in England
• Jews allowed to return to France and England
• Cafs begin to become popular in Europe
• Three-wheeled wheelchairs used in Nuremberg
• Ann Greene, who had been hanged for infanticide in Edinburgh, wakes up in an autopsy table – she is pardoned
• Abyssinia deports Portuguese diplomats and missionaries
• Einkommende Zeitungen – first German newspaper (cancelled 1918)

Ongoing events

• Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653)

Births

• February 2 - Nell Gwynne, English actress, royal mistress (d. 1687).
• May 26 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (d. 1722)
• November 4 - Prince William III of Orange, King William III of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1702)

Deaths

• February 11 - Ren Descartes, French philosopher (b. 1595)
• Giambattista Andreini, Italian actor and playwright (b. 1578)

<< Previous Word Browser Next >>
1814 1812 1837 1843 1852 1958 1847 1844 1380 1465 1535	1557 1568 1755 1657 1800 1802 1813 1819 1821 1879 821	867 1503 1554 1622 1141 1685 1762 1806 1938 1935 1934	1954 1850 1135 1204 481 bc 73 bc 71 bc 1632 1594 1611 1469