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This article is about the year 1649.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s – 1640s – 1650s 1660s 1670s |
| Years: | 1646 1647 1648 – 1649 – 1650 1651 1652 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1649 MDCXLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2402 |
| Armenian calendar | 1098 ԹՎ ՌՂԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6399 |
| Bengali calendar | 1056 |
| Berber calendar | 2599 |
| English Regnal year | 24 Cha. 1 – 1 Cha. 2 (Interregnum) |
| Buddhist calendar | 2193 |
| Burmese calendar | 1011 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7157–7158 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4345 or 4285 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4346 or 4286 |
| Coptic calendar | 1365–1366 |
| Discordian calendar | 2815 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1641–1642 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5409–5410 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1705–1706 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1571–1572 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4750–4751 |
| Holocene calendar | 11649 |
| Igbo calendar | 649–650 |
| Iranian calendar | 1027–1028 |
| Islamic calendar | 1058–1059 |
| Japanese calendar | Keian 2 (慶安2年) |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3982 |
| Minguo calendar | 263 before ROC 民前263年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2191–2192 |
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1649. |
Year 1649 (MDCXLIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
Events[edit]
January–June[edit]
- January 20 – Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
- January 27 – King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is found guilty of high treason in a public session. He is beheaded three days later, outside the Banqueting Hall in the Palace of Whitehall, London.
- January 30
- Following the execution of King Charles I, the Commonwealth of England, a republican form of government, replaces the monarchy as the form of government of England and later of Scotland and Ireland. Members of the Long Parliament serve as government.
- Charles, Prince of Wales declares himself King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland. At the time, none of the three kingdoms recognize him as ruler.[citation needed]
- February 5 – In Edinburgh, Scotland claimant King Charles II of England is declared King in his absence. Scotland is the first of the three Kingdoms to recognize his claim to the throne.
- March 11 – The rebel Frondeurs and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.
- March 19 – The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring that it is "useless and dangerous to the people of England".[1]
- March – Robert Blake is promoted to become a "General at Sea" of the English fleet.[2]
- May 17 – The Banbury mutiny in England ends – leaders of the Leveller mutineers in the New Model Army are hanged.
- May 19 – An act declaring England to be a Commonwealth is passed by the Rump Parliament.
- May 22–October – Robert Blake blockades Prince Rupert's fleet in Kinsale, Ireland.
July–December[edit]
- August – The Diggers abandon their last major colony at St. George's Hill, Weybridge, England.
- August 8 – Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh completes Book VIII of Leabhar na nGenealach, in Galway, within days of an outbreak of the plague.
- August 15 – Oliver Cromwell lands in Dublin to begin the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
- September 2 – The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
- September 3–11 – Siege of Drogheda in Ireland: New Model Army massacre the Irish Catholic Confederation garrison.
- October 2–11 – Sack of Wexford in Ireland: New Model Army massacre the Irish Catholic Confederation garrison.
Date unknown[edit]
- Urga is founded (now Mongolia's capital).[citation needed]
Births[edit]
- January 12 – Jacques Carrey, French painter (d. 1726)
- January 18 – John Waddon (died 1695), English politician (d. 1695)
- January 18 – William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1691)
- January 30 – Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart, British politician and nobleman (d. 1727)
- February 6 – Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Consort of Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1728)
- February 8 – Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)
- February 11 – William Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715)
- February 16 – Antonio Lupis, prolific Italian writer (d. 1701)
- February 22 – Bon Boullogne, French painter (d. 1717)
- February 25 – Johann Philipp Krieger, German Baroque composer (d. 1725)
- March 3 – John Floyer (physician), English physician and author (d. 1734)
- March 12 – Govert Bidloo, Dutch physician, anatomist, poet and playwright (d. 1713)
- March 13 – Simon Henry, Count of Lippe (d. 1697)
- April 5 – Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721)
- April 8 – Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley, English diplomat (d. 1710)
- April 9 – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1685)
- April 11 – Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1704)
- April 16 – Jan Luyken, Dutch engraver (d. 1712)
- April 17 – Charles Henri, Prince of Commercy (d. 1723)
- April 23 – Andreas Kneller, German organist and composer (d. 1724)
- May 2 – Engel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (d. 1683)
- May 3 – Johann Valentin Meder, German composer (d. 1719)
- May 4 – Chhatrasal, Maharaja of Madhya Pradesh (d. 1731)
- May 4 – Augustinus Terwesten, painter from the Northern Netherlands (d. 1711)
- May 15 – Vincent Bigot, Superior general of the Jesuit mission in Canada (d. 1720)
- June 13 – Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
- July 1 – Johann Wilhelm Petersen, German theologian (d. 1727)
- July 4 – Sophie Amalie Lindenov, Danish noblewoman and landowner (d. 1688)
- July 4 – William Lodge, English engraver and printmaker (d. 1689)
- July 19 – Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried (d. 1711)
- July 23 – Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)
- August 3 – Diego de Salinas, Governor of Gibraltar (d. 1720)
- August 7 – Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (d. 1664)
- August 16 – Barent van Kalraet, Dutch painter (d. 1737)
- September 6 – Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, mistress of Charles II of England (d. 1734)
- September 7 – Charles Lambart, 3rd Earl of Cavan, Irish peer (d. 1702)
- September 10 – Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1706)
- September 12 – Sir Thomas Blount, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1687)
- September 12 – Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Sicilian saint (d. 1713)
- September 15 – Titus Oates, English clergyman and plotter (d. 1705)
- September 20 – Carr Scrope, English poet (d. 1680)
- September 25 – Edward Montagu (1649–1690), British politician (d. 1690)
- September 26 – Katharyne Lescailje, Dutch writer (d. 1711)
- September 27 – Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, Norwegian historian (d. 1718)
- October 3 – Franz Mozart, mason, great-grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1693)
- October 6 – Juana Rangel de Cuéllar, Founder of Colombian city (d. 1736)
- October 12 – Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet, English politician (d. 1709)
- October 19 – Samuel Rodigast, Poet and hymnwriter (d. 1708)
- October 25 – Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1718)
- November 2 – Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, German duke (d. 1697)
- November 2 – Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond, son of James Stewart (d. 1660)
- November 4 – Samuel Carpenter, Samuel Carpenter, immigrant (d. 1714)
- November 24 – John Holwell, mathematician and astrologer (d. 1680)
- December 9 – Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Ridley (d. 1701)
date unknown – Dionysius Andreas Freher, German mystic (d. 1728)
Deaths[edit]
- January 30 – King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (executed) (b. 1600)
- March 9 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606)
- March 9 – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (executed) (b. 1590)
- March 16 – Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
- March 19 – Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
- March 22 – Agostinho Barbosa, Portuguese bishop in Italy and writer on canon law (d. 1589).
- March 26 – John Winthrop First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. c. 1587)
- May 14 – Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600)
- June 3 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (b. 1590)
- September 6 – Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English explorer and geographer (b. 1574)
- September 15 – John Floyd, English Jesuit preacher (b. 1572)
- October 3 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1576)
- October 16 – Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
- November 19 – Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (b. 1576)
- December 4 – William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585)
- December 7 – Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1606)
- December 8 – Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613)
References[edit]
- ^ "March 1649 - An Act for the Abolishing the House of Peers.". Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ^ Baumber, Michael (2004). "Blake, Robert (bap. 1598, d. 1657)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2582. Retrieved 2010-08-24. (subscription or UK public library membership required)