1650
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
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| Years: | 1647 1648 1649 - 1650 - 1651 1652 1653 |
| 1650 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, or a common year starting on Tuesday (Julian-1650) of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1650
[edit] January - June
- April 27 - The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army invades mainland Scotland from the Orkney Islands but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
- June 9 The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It was the first legal corporation in the Americas.
- June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler.
[edit] July - December
- August 23 - Colonel George Monck forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, forerunner of Coldstream Guards.
- September 3 - Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650).
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Palio horseraces.
- September 29 - Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters - the first historically documented dating service - in Threadneedle Street, London.
- November 4 - William III of Orange becomes Prince of the House of Orange the moment of his birth, succeeding his father who had died a few days earlier. He doesn't become stadtholder, so the United Provinces become a true republic.
- December 25 - Thomas Cooper, former Usher of Gresham's School, England, hanged as a Royalist rebel.
[edit] Undated
- First modern Palio in Siena.
- Puritans chop down the original Glastonbury Thorn.
- Captain James Hind makes an abortive attempt to seize power in England.
- Jews allowed to return to France and England.
- Cafés begin to become popular in Europe.
- Three-wheeled wheelchairs used in Nuremberg.
- Age of Discovery ends.
- Ann Greene, who had been hanged for infanticide in Edinburgh, wakes up in an autopsy table – she is pardoned.
- Abyssinia deports Portuguese diplomats and missionaries.
- Einkommende Zeitungen – first German newspaper (cancelled 1918).
- Town of Sharon, Massachusetts is founded.
- Estimation: Istanbul becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Beijing.[1]
[edit] Ongoing events
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1650 MDCL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2403 |
| Armenian calendar | 1099 ԹՎ ՌՂԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -194 – -193 |
| Berber calendar | 2600 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2194 |
| Burmese calendar | 1012 |
| Chinese calendar | 4286/4346-11-29 (己丑年十一月廿九日) — to — 4287/4347-intercalary 11-9(庚寅年閏十一月初九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1366 – 1367 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1642 – 1643 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5410 – 5411 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1705 – 1706 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1572 – 1573 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4751 – 4752 |
| Holocene calendar | 11650 |
| Iranian calendar | 1028 – 1029 |
| Islamic calendar | 1059 – 1061 |
| Japanese calendar | Keian 3 (慶安3年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2310 (皇紀2310年) |
| Julian calendar | 1695 |
| Korean calendar | 3983 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2193 |
- February 2 - Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (died 1687)
- February 5 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (died 1708)
- April 20 - William Bedloe, English informer (died 1680)
- May 26 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, British general (died 1722)
- August 16 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (died 1718)
- September 23 - Jeremy Collier, English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (died 1726)
- November 14 - King William III of England, Scotland, and Ireland (died 1702)
- November 7 - John Robinson, English diplomat (died 1723)
- See also Category:1650 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 11 - René Descartes, French philosopher (born 1596)
- April 18 - Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (born 1602)
- April 21 - Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi, Japanese samurai (born 1607)
- May 21 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist (born 1612)
- June 18 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer (born 1573 or 1575)
- June 19 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (born 1593)
- August 25 - Richard Crashaw, English poet (born c. 1613)
- October 29 - David Calderwood, Scottish historian (born 1575)
- November 6 - William II, Prince of Orange (born 1626)
- November 24 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (born 1566)
- December 31 - Dorgon, Manchu prince (born 1612)
- date unknown -
- Giambattista Andreini, Italian actor and playwright (born 1578)
- John Parkinson, English herbalist and botanist (born 1567)
- See also Category:1650 deaths.af:1650
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