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| Years: 1645 1646 1647 - 1648 - 1649 1650 1651 | |
| Decades: 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
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Events
- Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War.
- Chmielnicki Uprising in Republic of Both Nations (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth).
- 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.
- November 11 - France and Netherlands agree to divide the island of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ibrahim I (1640-1648) to Mehmed IV (1648-1687)
- The Rump Parliament finds Charles I guilty of treason, and sentences him to be executed.
- Admiral Robert Blake defeats Prince Rupert and the remnants of the Royalist navy in the English Civil War.
- In India, building of the Red Fort is completed.
- Discovery of strait (Bering Strait) between Asia and North America by Semyon Dezhnev
Ongoing events
Births
Deaths
- February 2 - George Abbot, English writer
- May 26 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)af:1648
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