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Events
- April 5 - Signing of the Treaty Of Westminster , ending the First Anglo-Dutch War .
- June 3 - Louis XIV Of France crowned at Rheims
- June 6 - Charles X succeeds his cousin Christina to the Swedish throne. After her abdication on June 5 , Christina now the former reigning queen of a Protestant nation, secretly converts to Catholicism .
- September 3 - In the Rump Parliament , the republican party questions Cromwell's pre-eminence
- September 12 - Oliver Cromwell orders the exclusion of the members of Parliament who are hostile to him.
- October 12 - Carel Fabritius , the most promising student of Rembrandt , dies aged 32 in an explosion at the arsenal at Delft . The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands , killing more than 100.
- October 31 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector Of Bavaria is crowned. His Absolutistic style of leadership becomes a benchmark for the rest of Germany
- November 23 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense mystical vision that marks him for life.
- Death of An Calbhach mac Aodha O Conchobhair Donn, last inaugurated King of Connacht (inaugurated 1643
- Twenty-three Jew ish refugees from Brazil settle in New Amsterdam , forming the nucleus of what would be the largest urban Jewish community in history, the Jewish community of New York City .
- The Ukrainian Bogdan Chmielnicki renounces Ukrainian independence and swears allegiance to Tsar Alexis of Russia
- The Russian Army seizes Smolensk , and war starts between Russia and Poland over Ukraine
- Otto Von Guericke proves the existence of Atmospheric Pressure
Births
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Deaths
- January 17 - Paulus Potter , Dutch painter (b. 1625 )
- February 18 - Jean-Louis Guez De Balzac , French writer (b. 1594 )
- March 24 - Samuel Scheidt , German composer (b. 1587 )
- June 10 - Alessandro Algardi , Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1598 )
- July 9 - Ferdinand IV Of Germany (b. 1633 )
- August 28 - Axel Oxenstierna , Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583 )
- August 31 - Ole Worm , Danish physician and antiquary (b. 1588 )
- September 7 - Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller , Bohemian rabbi and liturgical poet (b. 1579 )
- October 12 - Carel Fabritius , Dutch artist (b. 1622 )
- October 30 - Emperor Go-Komyo Of Japan (b. 1633 )
- November 30 - John Selden , English jurist (b. 1584 )
- December 5 - Jean François Sarrazin , French writer
''See also .''
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