Historical Events
- Jan 14 United East Indian Company conquers city of Malacca, 7,000 killed
- Feb 16 English king Charles I accepts Triennial Act requiring that Parliament meet for at least a fifty-day session once every three years
- Mar 16 General court declares RI a democracy & adopts new constitution
- Jun 1 France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
- Jul 6 Battle at La Marfée Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French government army
- Jul 27 Prince Frederick Henry captures castle of Gennep
- Aug 20 England & Scotland sign Treaty of Pacification
- Aug 26 West India Company conquers Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola
- Oct 15 Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal
- Oct 23 Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 - Catholic uprising in Ulster
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Famous People Born in 1641
- Jan 18 Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois), born in Paris (d. 1691)
- Apr 8 Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman, born in Paris (d. 1704)
- Apr 15 Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician, born in Edinburgh (d. 1722)
- May 8 Nicolaas Witsen, Dutch statesman and mayor of Amsterdam, born in Amsterdam (d. 1717)
- May 16 Dudley North, English financier and economist
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Famous People in 1641
Rembrandt van RijnWorld Leaders in 1641
Charles I
Famous Weddings
- May 12 Prince Willem II of Orange (14) marries English princess Mary Henrietta Stuart (9)
Famous People Who Died in 1641
- Jan 3 Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomical prodigy, dies at 22
- Jan 11 Franciscus Gomarus [Francois Gomaer], Dutch theologist and opera singer, dies at 77
- Jan 11 Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b. 1583)
- Mar 8 Xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587)
- Apr 13 Richard Montagu, English clergyman, dies at 64
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