1650 - All About All

1650

Events

• 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.
• August 23 - Colonel George Monck forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, forerunner of Coldstream Guards
• 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.
• 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
• 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.

Ongoing events

• Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653)

Births

• February 2 - Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687)
• February 5 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)
• April 20 - William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)
• May 26 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, British general (d. 1722)
• August 16 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (d. 1718)
• November 14 - King William III of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1702)
• November 7 - John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723)

Deaths

• February 11 - René Descartes, French philosopher (b. 1595)
• April 18 - Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (b. 1602)
• May 21 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist (b. 1612)
• June 18 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer
• June 19 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
• August 25 - Richard Crashaw, English poet
• October 29 - David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)
• November 6 - William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626)
• November 24 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b. 1566)
• December 31 - Dorgon, Manchu prince (b. 1612)
• Giambattista Andreini, Italian actor and playwright (b. 1578)
• Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi, Japanese samurai (b. 1607)