1647
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Year '1647' ('MDCXLVII') was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
★ March 14 - Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
★ April 3 - In England, letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons
★ May 29 - The Rhode Island General Assembly drafts a constitution that separates church and state, and permits public referendums and initiatives on legislation.
★ August 8 - The Battle of Dungans Hill, Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces.
★ August - Peter Stuyvesant appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.
★ Johann von Werth tried to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refused.
★ England's Puritan rulers banned Christmas.
★ Castle of Aberystwyth razed to the ground by Parliamentarian troops.
★ August: Army marches to London.
★ December 28 - Charles promises church reform. This agreement led to the Second English Civil War.
★ English Civil War (1642-1649).
★ January 7 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (died 1677)
★ March 12 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (died 1727)
★ April 1 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (died 1680)
★ June 20 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (died 1691)
★ July 2 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councillor (died 1730)
★ August 12 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (died 1719)
★ August 22 - Denis Papin, French inventor (died 1712)
★ September 23 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (died 1720)
★ November 18 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (died 1706)
★ ''date unknown'' - Henry Aldrich, English theologian and philosopher (died 1710)
''See also .''
★ January 29 - Francis Meres, English writer (born 1565)
★ March 14 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (born 1584)
★ May 21 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and historian (born 1581)
★ June 12 - Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian (born c.1575)
★ July 7 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (born 1586)
★ July 16 - Masaniello, Italian rebel (born 1622)
★ August 24 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (born 1586)
★ October 8 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (born 1562)
★ October 25 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1608)
★ November 30 - Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (born 1598)
''See also .''
Year '1647' ('MDCXLVII') was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
| Contents |
| Events of 1647 |
| January - June |
| July - December |
| Undated |
| Events of the English Civil War |
| Ongoing events |
| Births |
| Deaths |
Events of 1647
January - June
★ March 14 - Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
★ April 3 - In England, letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons
★ May 29 - The Rhode Island General Assembly drafts a constitution that separates church and state, and permits public referendums and initiatives on legislation.
July - December
★ August 8 - The Battle of Dungans Hill, Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces.
★ August - Peter Stuyvesant appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.
★ Johann von Werth tried to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refused.
Undated
★ England's Puritan rulers banned Christmas.
Events of the English Civil War
★ Castle of Aberystwyth razed to the ground by Parliamentarian troops.
★ August: Army marches to London.
★ December 28 - Charles promises church reform. This agreement led to the Second English Civil War.
Ongoing events
★ English Civil War (1642-1649).
Births
★ January 7 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (died 1677)
★ March 12 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (died 1727)
★ April 1 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (died 1680)
★ June 20 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (died 1691)
★ July 2 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councillor (died 1730)
★ August 12 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (died 1719)
★ August 22 - Denis Papin, French inventor (died 1712)
★ September 23 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (died 1720)
★ November 18 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (died 1706)
★ ''date unknown'' - Henry Aldrich, English theologian and philosopher (died 1710)
''See also .''
Deaths
★ January 29 - Francis Meres, English writer (born 1565)
★ March 14 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (born 1584)
★ May 21 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and historian (born 1581)
★ June 12 - Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian (born c.1575)
★ July 7 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (born 1586)
★ July 16 - Masaniello, Italian rebel (born 1622)
★ August 24 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (born 1586)
★ October 8 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (born 1562)
★ October 25 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1608)
★ November 30 - Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (born 1598)
''See also .''
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