1646
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s – 1640s – 1650s 1660s 1670s |
| Years: | 1643 1644 1645 – 1646 – 1647 1648 1649 |
| 1646 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1646 (MDCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1646
[edit] January–June
- February 16 – First English Civil War – The Battle of Great Torrington, Devon, the last major battle of the conflict, is fought.
- February 28 – Roger Scott is tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church.
- March 6 – Joseph Jenkes, in Massachusetts, receives the first colonial machine patent.
- April 27 – King Charles I flees from Oxford.
- May 5 – King Charles I surrenders his forces at Scotland.
- May 30 – Spain and the Netherlands sign a temporary cease fire in the war.
- June 25 – The New Model Army of Thomas Fairfax occupies Oxford.
[edit] July–December
- July 30 – The English Parliament sets the Newcastle Propositions for King Charles I.
- August 19 – English Civil War – Raglan Castle surrenders to General Fairfax in after a 3 month siege. The castle is later destroyed.
- October 28 – The first Protestant church assembly for natives is held in Massachusetts (see Waban).
- November 4 – Massachusetts enacts the death penalty for having a rebellious child.
- December 7 – Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries Frederick William of Brandenburg.
- December 21 – Mini Ice Age shows signs of Beginning with significant temperature drop from this date forward.
[edit] Undated
- The Westminster Confession of Faith is published.
[edit] Ongoing events
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War (1642–1649)
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1646 MDCXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2399 |
| Armenian calendar | 1095 ԹՎ ՌՂԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -198 – -197 |
| Bengali calendar | 1053 |
| Berber calendar | 2596 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2190 |
| Burmese calendar | 1008 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7154 – 7155 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年十一月十五日 (4282/4342-11-15) — to —
丙戌年十一月廿五日(4283/4343-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 1362 – 1363 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1638 – 1639 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5406 – 5407 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1701 – 1702 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1568 – 1569 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4747 – 4748 |
| Holocene calendar | 11646 |
| Iranian calendar | 1024 – 1025 |
| Islamic calendar | 1055 – 1056 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōhō 3 (正保3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3979 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2189 |
- February 4 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. 1699)
- February 17 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
- February 23 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
- April 4 – Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
- April 15 – King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
- April 16 – Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708)
- April 26 – King Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)
- July 1 – Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher, scientist, and mathematician (d. 1716)
- August 8 – Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)
- August 19 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer (d. 1719)
- October 10 – Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French countess (d. 1705)
- December 26 – Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
- See also Category:1646 births.
[edit] Deaths
- March 11 – Stanisław Koniecpolski, Polish soldier and statesman (b. c.1592)
- April 10 – Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
- August 19 – Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian (b. c.1583)
- September 1 – Francis Windebank, English statesman (b. 1582)
- September 14 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (b. 1591)
- September 24 – Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (b. c.1565)
- October 4 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (b. 1586)
- October 12 – François de Bassompierre, Marshal of France (b. 1579)
- October 18 – Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1607)
- October 28 – William Dobson, English painter (b. 1610)
- November 29 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
- December 22 – Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)
- December 23 – François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)
- See also Category:1646 deaths.
