1646
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Years: 1643 1644 1645 - 1646 - 1647 1648 1649 |
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Decades: 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s |
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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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1646 (MDCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for 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
[edit] Ongoing events
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War (1642-1649)
[edit] Births
- 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 Leibniz, German philosopher, scientist, and mathematician (d. 1716)
- August 8 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (b. 1723)
- August 19 - John Flamsteed, English astronomer (d. 1719)
- 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.