See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the
Thirty Years' War.
The English Parliament finds
Charles I guilty of treason, and sentences him to be executed.
Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from
Ibrahim I (1640-1648) to
Mehmed IV
(1648-1687).
The Dutch and the Spanish sign the
Treaty of Munster, ending the
Eighty Years' War.
The Spanish Empire recognizes the Dutch Republic of United Netherlands as a sovereign
state, (governed by the House of Orange-Nassau and the Estates General) which was
before a province of the Spanish Empire. The Netherlands becomes the first european
power with a republican form of government.
Born:
Baptized:
June 28, 1648 -
Paulus van den Houten (Paulus Gillisse).
November 30 -
Philips de Kanter.
December 10 -
Adriaan Bastert.
Deaths:
February 2 - George Abbot, english writer.
May 26 - Vincent Voiture, poet.
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