1647
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Years:
1644 1645 1646 - 1647 - 1648 1649 1650
Decades:
1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s
Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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1647 by topic:
Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

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1 Events
1.1 Events of the English Civil War
1.2 Ongoing events
2 Births
3 Deaths



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Events
March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
April 3 - In England, letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons
August 8 - The battle of Dungans Hill, Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces.
August - Peter Stuyvesant appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.
Johann von Werth tried to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refused.
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Events of the English Civil War
Castle of Aberystwyth razed to the ground by Parliamentarian troops
August: Army marches to London
December 28, Charles promises church reform. This agreement led to the Second English Civil War.
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Ongoing events
English Civil War (1642-1649)
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Births
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
September 23 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1720)
November 18 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706)
Henry Aldrich, English theologian and philosopher (d. 1710)
See also Category:1647 births.

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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 12 - Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian
July 7 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (b. 1586)
July 16 - Masaniello, Italian rebel (b. 1622)
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)
Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (b. 1598)