Major Events
- Jan 18 French General Louis II of Condé arrested and imprisoned at Vincennes
- Apr 20 Dutch East India Company (VOC) management sets new guidelines
- Apr 27 The Battle of Carbisdale: Royalist army under Marquess of Montrose invades mainland Scotland from Orkney; defeated by a Covenanter army.
- Apr 30 French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain
- Jun 9 The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. First legal corporation in the Americas.
- Jul 30 William II of Orange occupies Amsterdam
- Aug 3 Dutch Stadtholder William II and Amsterdam reach accord about a standing army
- Sep 3 Battle of Dunbar; Oliver Cromwell's English New Model Army defeats Scottish force in surprise attack
- Sep 19 Treaty of Harford signed establishing border between New Netherlands and New England, negotiated between Petrus Stuyvesant and Connecticut colony Governor Edward Hopkins
- Sep 29 2nd Fronde, the Fronde of the Princes uprising ends in France
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John Churchill
William III
René Descartes
Fun Fact About 1650
The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. First legal corporation in the Americas.
Rembrandt van Rijn
Louis XIV
Oliver Cromwell