What Happened In 1646 - Historical Events 1646

Historical Events for the Year 1646

16th February » Battle of Torrington, Devon the last major battle of the first English Civil War.

4th February » Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet and politician (d. 1699)
17th February » Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
23rd February » Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
4th April » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (d. 1715)
15th April » Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
15th April » Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (d. 1719)
16th April » Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon (d. 1708)
20th April » Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)
5th June » Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1684)
21st June » Maria Francisca of Savoy (d. 1683)
1st July » Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1716)
29th July » Johann Theile, German organist and composer (d. 1724)
8th August » Godfrey Kneller, German painter (d. 1723)
19th August » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (d. 1719)
4th December » Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, French field marshal (d. 1730)
26th December » Robert Bolling, English-American merchant and planter (d. 1709)

6th January » Elias Holl, German architect, designed the Augsburg Town Hall (b. 1573)
10th April » Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
19th August » Alexander Henderson (theologian) or Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)
14th September » Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (b. 1591)
24th September » Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (b. 1565)
4th October » Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal named Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1586)
12th October » François de Bassompierre, French courtier (b. 1579)
18th October » Isaac Jogues, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1607)
28th October » William Dobson, English painter (b. 1610)
29th November » Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (b. 1565)
22nd December » Peter Mogila, Moldavian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596)
23rd December » François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)