1650 34974 224850783 2008-07-10T18:21:48Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1650]] {{year nav|1650}} {{C17YearInTopicX}} <!-- [[Image: |thumb|140px|right| .]] --> Year '''1650''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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]] ([http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1650&country=20 Julian-1650]) of the 10-day slower [[Julian calendar]]. <!-- 10-day span=Mon-Thu,Tue-Fri,Wed-Sat,Thu-Sun,Fr-Mo,Sa-Tu,Sun-Wed --> == Events of 1650 == <!--IMAGE-->[[Image:Ardvreck Castle.jpg|thumb|185px|right| [[April 27]]: [[Battle of Carbisdale]].]] ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[April 27]] - [[Battle of Carbisdale]]: A [[Cavalier|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 [[Monarchy|Kingdom]]s that has accepted him as ruler. ===July - December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[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)]]. [[Image:Siena Palio-Fahnen 20030815-360.jpg|thumb|150px|right| [[Palio]] horseraces.]] [[Image:Rennrollstuhl.jpg|thumb|150px|right| [[Wheelchair]].]] * [[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 [[Dutch Republic|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 di Siena|Palio]] horserace is held in [[Siena]]. * [[Puritans]] chop down the original [[Glastonbury Thorn]]. * [[Captain (United Kingdom)|Captain]] [[James Hind]] makes an abortive attempt to seize power in [[England]]. * [[Jew]]s are allowed to return to [[France]] and [[England]]. * [[Café]]s begin to become popular in [[Europe]]. * Three-wheeled [[wheelchair]]s 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. <!--IMAGE-->[[Image:GalatTower.JPG|thumb|220px|right| [[Istanbul]].]] * [[Abyssinia]] deports [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[diplomats]] and [[missionaries]]. * ''Einkommende Zeitungen'' becomes the first [[Germany|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]].[http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm] ===Ongoing events=== * [[Fronde]] [[civil war]] in [[France]] ([[1648]]-[[1653]]). ==Births== {{Year in other calendars}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[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 (1650-1723)|John Robinson]], English diplomat (d. [[1723]]) ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, to allow date-format preferences. --> * [[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'' - **[[Giambattista Andreini]], Italian actor and playwright (b. [[1578]]) **[[John Parkinson]], English herbalist and botanist (b. [[1567]]) [[Category:1650| ]] [[af:1650]] [[am:1650 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1650]] [[an:1650]] [[ast:1650]] [[az:1650]] [[bn:১৬৫০]] [[map-bms:1650]] [[be:1650]] [[be-x-old:1650]] [[bh:१६५०]] [[bs:1650]] [[br:1650]] [[bg:1650]] [[ca:1650]] [[cv:1650]] [[cs:1650]] [[co:1650]] [[cy:1650]] [[da:1650]] [[de:1650]] [[et:1650]] [[el:1650]] [[es:1650]] [[eo:1650]] [[eu:1650]] [[fr:1650]] [[fy:1650]] [[ga:1650]] [[gd:1650]] [[gl:1650]] [[ko:1650년]] [[hy:1650]] [[hi:1650]] [[hr:1650.]] [[io:1650]] [[bpy:মারি ১৬৫০]] [[id:1650]] [[ia:1650]] [[os:1650]] [[is:1650]] [[it:1650]] [[he:1650]] [[jv:1650]] [[ka:1650]] [[sw:1650]] [[ht:1650 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[la:1650]] [[lb:1650]] [[lt:XVII amžiaus 5-as dešimtmetis#1650]] [[hu:1650]] [[mk:1650]] [[mi:1650]] [[mr:इ.स. १६५०]] [[ms:1650]] [[nah:1650]] [[nl:1650]] [[new:१६५०]] [[ja:1650年]] [[nap:1650]] [[no:1650]] [[nn:1650]] [[nrm:1650]] [[nov:1650]] [[oc:1650]] [[uz:1650]] [[pi:१६५०]] [[nds:1650]] [[pl:1650]] [[pt:1650]] [[ksh:Joohr 1650]] [[ro:1650]] [[ru:1650 год]] [[sa:१६५०]] [[sq:1650]] [[scn:1650]] [[simple:1650]] [[sk:1650]] [[sl:1650]] [[sr:1650]] [[su:1650]] [[fi:1650]] [[sv:1650]] [[tl:1650]] [[tt:1650]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2193]] [[tr:1650]] [[uk:1650]] [[vec:1650]] [[vo:1650]] [[vls:1650]] [[zh-yue:1650年]] [[zh:1650年]]