What Happened In 1650 - Historical Events 1650

Historical Events for the Year 1650

27th April » The Battle of Carbisdale: A Cavalier or Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
9th June » The President and Fellows of Harvard College named Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
3rd September » Third English Civil War: In the Battle of Dunbar (1650) named Battle of Dunbar, English Roundhead or Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and led by David Leslie, Lord Newark.
29th September » Henry Robinson (writer) known as Henry Robinson opens his 'Office of Addresses and Encounters' in Threadneedle Street, London.

2nd February » Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
2nd February » Nell Gwyn, English actress (d. 1687)
5th February » Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)
20th April » William Bedloe, English fraudster (d. 1680)
27th April » Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1714)
26th May » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)
16th August » Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (d. 1718)
23rd September » Jeremy Collier, English bishop and theologian (d. 1726)
21st October » Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)
4th November » William III of England (d. 1702)
7th November » John Robinson (bishop of London) known as John Robinson, English bishop (d. 1723)

11th February » René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1596)
21st May » James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish soldier (b. 1612)
18th June » Christoph Scheiner, German priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1575)
19th June » Matthäus Merian, Swiss-German engraver and publisher (b. 1593)
29th October » David Calderwood, Scottish historian and theologian (b. 1575)
6th November » William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626)
13th November » Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595)
24th November » Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1566)
31st December » Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)