1650
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s – 1650s – 1660s 1670s 1680s |
| Years: | 1647 1648 1649 – 1650 – 1651 1652 1653 |
| 1650 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, or a common year starting on Tuesday (Julian-1650) of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
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Events of 1650
April 27: Battle of Carbisdale.
January–June
- April 27 – Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army invades mainland Scotland from the Orkney Islands but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
- May – The New Model Army is decimated at the siege of Clonmel.
- June 9 The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established (the first legal corporation in the Americas).
- 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.
July–December
- August 23 – Colonel George Monck forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, forerunner of the Coldstream Guards.
- September 3 – Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650).
Palio horseraces.
- September 29 – Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters (the first historically documented dating service) in Threadneedle Street, London.
- 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. He doesn't become stadtholder, so the United Provinces become a true republic.
- December 25 – Thomas Cooper, former Usher of Gresham's School, England, is hanged as a Royalist rebel.
Undated
- The first modern Palio horserace is held in Siena.
- Puritans chop down the original Glastonbury Thorn.
- Captain James Hind makes an abortive attempt to seize power in England.
- Jews are allowed to return to France and England.
- Cafés begin to become popular in Europe.
- Three-wheeled wheelchairs are used in Nuremberg.
- The Age of Discovery ends.
- Ann Greene, who had been hanged for infanticide in Edinburgh, wakes up on an autopsy table; she is pardoned.
- Abyssinia deports Portuguese diplomats and missionaries.
- Einkommende Zeitungen becomes the first German newspaper (cancelled 1918).
- The town of Sharon, Massachusetts is founded.
- Estimation: Istanbul becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Beijing.[1]
Ongoing events
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1650 MDCL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2403 |
| Armenian calendar | 1099 ԹՎ ՌՂԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -194 – -193 |
| Bengali calendar | 1057 |
| Berber calendar | 2600 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2194 |
| Burmese calendar | 1012 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7158 – 7159 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年十一月廿九日 (4286/4346-11-29) — to —
庚寅年閏十一月初九日(4287/4347-intercalary 11-9) |
| Coptic calendar | 1366 – 1367 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1642 – 1643 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5410 – 5411 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1706 – 1707 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1572 – 1573 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4751 – 4752 |
| Holocene calendar | 11650 |
| Iranian calendar | 1028 – 1029 |
| Islamic calendar | 1059 – 1061 |
| Japanese calendar | Keian 3 (慶安3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3983 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2193 |
- 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)
- September 23 – Jeremy Collier, English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (d. 1726)
- 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. 1596)
- April 18 – Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (b. 1602)
- April 21 – Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi, Japanese samurai (b. 1607)
- May 21 – James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist (b. 1612)
- June 18 – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer (b. 1573 or 1575)
- June 19 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
- August 25 – Richard Crashaw, English poet (b. c. 1613)
- 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)
- date unknown -