1647
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s – 1640s – 1650s 1660s 1670s |
| Years: | 1644 1645 1646 – 1647 – 1648 1649 1650 |
| 1647 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1647 (MDCXLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1647
[edit] January–June
- March 14 – Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
- April 3 – In England, a 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 referendums and initiatives on legislation.[citation needed]
[edit] July–December
- August – The New Model Army marches to London.
- August – Peter Stuyvesant is appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.
- August 8 – Battle of Dungan's Hill: Irish forces are defeated by English Parliamentary forces.
- November – Battle of Knocknanauss: An Irish confederate force is destroyed by the army of Parliament; Alasdair MacColla is killed.
[edit] Undated
- England's Puritan rulers ban Christmas.
- Johann von Werth tries to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refuse.
[edit] Events of the English Civil War
- Aberystwyth Castle is razed to the ground by Parliamentarian troops.
- December 28 – Charles promises church reform. This agreement leads to the Second English Civil War.
[edit] Ongoing events
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1647 MDCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2400 |
| Armenian calendar | 1096 ԹՎ ՌՂԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -197 – -196 |
| Berber calendar | 2597 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2191 |
| Burmese calendar | 1009 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7155 – 7156 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年十一月廿六日 (4283/4343-11-26) — to —
丁亥年十二月初六日(4284/4344-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 1363 – 1364 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1639 – 1640 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5407 – 5408 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1702 – 1703 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1569 – 1570 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4748 – 4749 |
| Holocene calendar | 11647 |
| Iranian calendar | 1025 – 1026 |
| Islamic calendar | 1056 – 1057 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōhō 4 (正保4年) |
| Korean calendar | 3980 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2190 |
- 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 (d. 1712)
- September 23 – Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1720)
- November 18 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706)
- date unknown – Henry Aldrich, English theologian and philosopher (d. 1710)
[edit] 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 2 – Christian, Prince Elect of Denmark, Danish prince (b. 1603)
- June 12 – Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian (b. c.1575)
- July 7 – Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (b. 1586)
- July 16 – Masaniello, Italian rebel (b. 1622)[citation needed]
- 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)
- November 30 – Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (b. 1598)[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Mathematicians who were born or died on 30th November" (html). http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Day_files/Day1130.html. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
