1646
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s |
| Years: | 1643 1644 1645 - 1646 - 1647 1648 1649 |
| 1646 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1646 (MDCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1646
[edit] January - June
- February 16 - Battle of Great Torrington, Devon - the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
- February 28 - Roger Scott was tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church.
- March 6 - Joseph Jenkes, in Massachusetts, receives the first colonial machine patent.
- April 27 - King Charles I flees from Oxford.
- May 5 - King Charles I surrenders his forces at Scotland.
- May 30 - Spain and the Netherlands sign a temporary cease fire in the war.
- June 25 - The New Model army of Thomas Fairfax occupies Oxford.
[edit] July - December
- July 30 - The English Parliament sets the Newcastle Propositions for King Charles I.
- August 19 - Raglan Castle surrenders to General Fairfax in English Civil War after a 3 month siege. The castle is later destroyed
- October 28 - The first Protestant church assembly for natives is held in Massachusetts. See Waban.
- November 4 - Massachusetts uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word.
- December 7 - Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry.
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[edit] Ongoing events
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War (1642-1649)
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1646 MDCXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2399 |
| Armenian calendar | 1095 ԹՎ ՌՂԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -198 – -197 |
| Berber calendar | 2596 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2190 |
| Burmese calendar | 1008 |
| Chinese calendar | 4282/4342-11-15 (乙酉年十一月十五日) — to —
4283/4343-11-25(丙戌年十一月廿五日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1362 – 1363 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1638 – 1639 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5406 – 5407 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1701 – 1702 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1568 – 1569 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4747 – 4748 |
| Holocene calendar | 11646 |
| Iranian calendar | 1024 – 1025 |
| Islamic calendar | 1055 – 1056 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōhō 3 (正保3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3979 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2189 |
- February 4 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. 1699)
- February 17 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
- February 23 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
- April 4 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
- April 15 - King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
- April 16 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (d. 1708)
- April 26 - King Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)
- July 1 - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, German philosopher, scientist, and mathematician (d. 1716)
- August 8 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)
- August 19 - John Flamsteed, English astronomer (d. 1719)
- October 10 - Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French countess (d. 1705)
- December 26 - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
- See also Category:1646 births.
[edit] Deaths
- March 11 - Stanisław Koniecpolski, Polish soldier and statesman (born c.1592)
- April 10 - Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (born 1576)
- August 19 - Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian (born c.1583)
- September 1 - Francis Windebank, English statesman (born 1582)
- September 14 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (born 1591)
- September 24 - Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (born c.1565)
- October 4 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (born 1586)
- October 12 - François de Bassompierre, Marshal of France (born 1579)
- October 18 - Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (born 1607)
- October 28 - William Dobson, English painter (born 1610)
- November 29 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (born 1565)
- December 22 - Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (born 1596)
- December 23 - François Maynard, French poet (born 1582)
- See also Category:1646 deaths.
