Events in year of 1647
- 01-23Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament
- 01-30King Charles I handed over to English parliament
- 03-25Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay
- 05-23Willem II sworn in as Viceroy of Holland
- 05-26Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
- 06-04British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner
- 06-14English New Model-army installed
- 09-01French Cardinal Mazarin and Duke of Modena sign treaty against Milan
- 11-11Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law
People born in year of 1647
- 01-30Konrad Hoffler: Composer
- 05-03John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes: Poet (Bellone aen bant)
- 06-20Johan Georg III: Elect of Saxon (1680-91)
- 07-02Daniel Finch 2nd Earl of Nottingham: English Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 07-22Margaretha M Alacoque: French mystic / Saint
- 08-22Denis Papin: French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine)
- 09-04Gerard Noodt: Dutch lawyer
- 10-03Johannes Voet: Dutch lawyer
- 10-03John Foot: Lawyer
- 11-08Pierre Bayle: French / Netherlands theologist / philosopher / writer
People died in year of 1647
- 01-19Johan van Beverwijck: Physician (Treas of Ongesontheyt), dies at 52
- 03-14Frederik Hendrik: Count of Nassau / prince of Orange, dies at 63
- 04-25Matthias Gallas: Austrian Earl of Campo / Duke of Lucerna, dies at 62
- 05-19Sebastian Vrancx: Flemish Painter (captain of vigilante)
- 05-21Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft: Poet / playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65
- 05-27Achsah Young: 1st woman known to be a witch, executed in Salem, Massachusetts
- 07-07Thomas Hooker: Clergyman, father of American democracy
- 07-16Massaniello [Tommaso Aniello]: Napolitan rebel, murdered
- 08-24Nicholas Stone "Elder": English Sculptor / architect, dies at about 61
- 08-28Johann Dilliger: Composer, dies at 53
- 09-12Joos Banckert: Swiss Admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48
- 09-20Giovanni Del Turco: Composer, dies at 70
- 12-31Giovanni Maria Trabaci: Composer
Events in year of 1648
- 01-20Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid
- 04-12University of Harderwijk Netherlands solemn opens
- 04-22English army claims King Charles I responsible for bloodshed
- 05-17Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria
- 06-24Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews and 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine
- 06-30French Premier Cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together
- 07-2210,000 Jews of Polannoe murdered in Chmielnick massacre
- 10-04Peter Stuyvesant establishes Americas 1st volunteer firemen
- 10-181st US labor organization forms (Boston Shoemakers)
- 10-24Treaty of Westphalia ends 30 year war and Holy Roman Empire
- 11-0212,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol Podlia
- 11-11Dutch and French agree to divide St. Maarten, Leeward Islands
- 11-26Pope Innocent X condemns Peace of Westfalen
- 11-30English army captures King Charles I
People born in year of 1648
- 02-03Louis Bouteiller: Composer
- 04-04Grinling Gibbons: Sculptor / woodcarver
- 04-07Ferdinand van Kessel: Flemish painter
- 04-16John Luyken: Poet / etcher (Duytse Lyre)
- 04-26Pedro II: King of Portugal (1683-1706)
- 09-06Johann Schelle: Composer
- 11-27Peter Codde: Roman Catholic Apostole Vicar (1688-1704)
- 12-07Giovanni Maria Capelli: Composer
- 12-15Gregory King: English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)
People died in year of 1648
- 01-14Casparus Barleaus: Flemish Theologist / Poet (Muiderkring), dies at 63
- 01-23Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla: Spanish Poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40
- 02-21Christian IV: King of Denmark / Norway
- 03-12Tirso de Molina: Spanish author, dies at about 63
- 04-11Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern: Composer, dies at 53
- 04-22Catharina Belgian van Nassau: Daughter of Willem, dies at 69
- 04-26Christoph Thomas Walliser: Composer, dies at 79
- 05-20Wladyslaw IV Wasa: King of Poland
- 05-23Luis de Nain: Painter
- 07-31Benedictus J van Haeften: Poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60
- 08-20Edward Herbert of Cherbury: English military / philosopher, dies at 65
- 09-01Marin Mersenne: French Mathematician (Number of Mersenne), dies at 59
- 09-20Marco Ivan Lukacic: Composer, dies at 61
- 11-17Thomas Ford: Composer
Events in year of 1649
- 02-05Prince of Wales becomes King Charles II
- 03-11Treaty of Rueil destroys 1st Fronde-uprising
- 04-21Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
- 06-01Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow
- 09-11Massacre of Drogheda-Cromwell kills 3,000 royalists
- 09-11Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred
- 09-30Last Swedish troops vacate Prague
People born in year of 1649
- 01-22Pascal Collasse: Composer
- 02-02Benedict XIII [Pierfrancesco Orsini]: Italy -- 245th Pope (1724-30)
- 02-23John Blow: Composer of 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis)
- 02-27Johann Philipp Krieger: Composer
- 04-03Joseph-Francois Salomon: Composer
- 04-05Elihu Yale: England, United Kingdom -- Philanthropist founded Yale
- 04-09James Scott: Duke of Monmouth, bastard Son of English King Charles II
- 04-23Andreas Kneller: Composer
- 05-03Johann Valentin Meder: Composer
- 07-22Clement XI [Giovanni F Albani]: Italy -- Pope (1700-21)
People died in year of 1649
- 01-30Charles I: King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason
- 03-17Gerardus Johannis Vossius [Gerrit Vos]: Dutch regent, dies at 71
- 05-12Isaac Doreslaer: English lawyer / diplomat, murdered
- 06-20Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher: Author
- 06-30Simon Vouet: French Painter
- 07-11Margaret Coventry: 1st English Earl of Shaftesbury
- 07-29David Teniers I: Flemish Painter (altaar stukken)
- 08-02Elisabeth Bas: Wife of Dutch Admiral Swartenhondt, dies at about 78
- 08-25Richard Crashaw: English clergyman / poet, dies at about 36
- 09-06Famiano Strada: Ital Jesuit (bello belgico decades duae), dies at 77
- 09-06Robert Dudley: English navigator / writer (Arcano del Mare)
- 09-28Ottavio Vernizzi: Composer, dies at 79
- 10-16Isaac van Ostade: Painter, buried
- 10-24Ferdinand van Boisschot: South Netherlands diplomat, dies at about 89
- 12-04Outgert Arisz Akersloot: Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73