4 giorni fa · 1640(MDCXL) was a leap year starting on Sundayof the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesdayof the Julian calendar, the 1640th year of the Common Era(CE) and Anno Domini(AD) designations, the 640th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1640sdecade.
4 giorni fa · The English Civil War is a generic term for a series of civil wars between Royalists and Parliamentarians in England and Wales from 1642 to 1652. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, they consist of the First English Civil War, the Second English Civil War, and the Third English Civil War.
- August 1642 to May 1652
4 giorni fa · January 4 – The stratovolcano Mount Parker in the Philippines) has a major eruption. January 14 – The Battle of Malacca concludes with the Dutch East India Company ending Portuguese control of Malacca. January 18 – The Junta de Braços (parliament) of Catalonia, led by Pau Claris, proclaims the Catalan Republic under French protection.
4 giorni fa · Both the English and Irish parliaments were summoned in the early months of 1640. In March 1640, the Irish Parliament duly voted in a subsidy of £180,000 with the promise to raise an army 9,000 strong by the end of May.
2 giorni fa · In 1640, while Spain was fighting in Catalonia, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands, Portugal revolted and re-established its independence under the House of Braganza. Iberian kingdoms retained their political identities, with particular administration and juridical configurations.
4 giorni fa · In 1640, Cromwell was returned as MP for Cambridge in the Short and Long Parliaments, and joined the Parliamentarian army when the First English Civil War began in August 1642.