1648

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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s

Years: 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 - 1648 - 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653

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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

Events

• November 11 - France and Netherlands agree to divide the island of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.
• 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.

Ongoing events

• English Civil War (1642-1649)

Births

Deaths

• February 2 - George Abbot, English writer
• May 26 - Vincent Voiture, poet

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "1648" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1648 January 5, 2004