1647
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| Years: | 1644 1645 1646 – 1647 – 1648 1649 1650 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1647 MDCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2400 |
| Armenian calendar | 1096 ԹՎ ՌՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6397 |
| Bengali calendar | 1054 |
| Berber calendar | 2597 |
| English Regnal year | 22 Cha. 1 – 23 Cha. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2191 |
| Burmese calendar | 1009 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7155–7156 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4343 or 4283 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4344 or 4284 |
| Coptic calendar | 1363–1364 |
| Discordian calendar | 2813 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1639–1640 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5407–5408 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1703–1704 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1569–1570 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4748–4749 |
| Holocene calendar | 11647 |
| Igbo calendar | 647–648 |
| Iranian calendar | 1025–1026 |
| Islamic calendar | 1056–1057 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōhō 4 (正保４年) |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3980 |
| Minguo calendar | 265 before ROC 民前265年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2189–2190 |
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1647 (MDCXLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter F) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C) of the Julian calendar, the 1647th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 647th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1640s decade. Note that the Julian day for 1647 is 10 calendar days difference, which continued to be used from 1582 until the complete conversion of the Gregorian calendar was entirely done in 1929.
Events
January–June
- March 14 – Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
- April 3 – In England, a letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons.
- May 13 – 1647 Santiago earthquake rattles Chile.
- May 29 – The Rhode Island General Assembly drafts a constitution that separates church and state, and permits public referendums and initiatives on legislation.[citation needed]
July–December
- August
- The New Model Army marches to London.
- Peter Stuyvesant is appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.
- August 8 – Battle of Dungan's Hill: Irish forces are defeated by English Parliamentary forces.
- November – Battle of Knocknanauss: An Irish confederate force is destroyed by the army of Parliament; Alasdair MacColla is killed.
- December 28 – King Charles of England promises a church reform. This agreement leads to the Second English Civil War.
Date unknown
- England's Puritan rulers ban Christmas.
- Johann von Werth tries to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refuse.
- Aberystwyth Castle is razed to the ground by Parliamentarian troops.
Births
- January 6 – Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (d. 1721)
- January 6 – William Wall (theologian), English theologian (d. 1728)
- January 7 – Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
- February 11 – Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt-Harzgerode, Princess (d. 1723)
- February 17 – William Hay (bishop), Scottish clergyman and prelate (d. 1707)
- February 18 – Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry, French Benedictine scholar (d. 1724)
- March 1 – John de Brito (d. 1693)
- March 12 – Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
- March 17 – Johann Wolfgang Jäger, German theologian (d. 1720)
- March 19 – Anna Elisabeth of Anhalt-Bernburg, Duchess consort (d. 1680)
- March 20 – Jean de Hautefeuille, Cleric–scientist (d. 1724)
- April 1 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English noble, poet, and libertine (d. 1680)
- April 2 – Maria Sibylla Merian, Naturalist, illustrator (d. 1717)
- April 3 – Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet, English statesman (d. 1709)
- April 16 – Matthijs Naiveu, Dutch painter (d. 1726)
- April 18 – Elias Brenner, Swedish artist (d. 1717)
- April 26 – William Ashhurst, Lord Mayor of London, 1693-1694 (d. 1720)
- May 20 – Basilius Petritz, German composer and Kreuzkirche (d. 1715)
- June 17 – James Kendall (politician), Soldier; Politician (d. 1708)
- June 19 – Miles Gale, English antiquarian (d. 1721)
- June 20 – John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
- July 2 – Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councillor (d. 1730)
- July 8 – Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond (d. 1702)
- July 22 – Margaret Mary Alacoque, Nun, mystic and saint (d. 1690)
- July 23 – Luise Marie of the Palatinate, German princess (d. 1679)
- July 29 – Carl Piper, Swedish politician (d. 1716)
- August 4 – Giovanni II Cornaro, Venetian nobleman and statesman (d. 1722)
- August 12 – Eberhard Werner Happel, Author (d. 1690)
- August 12 – Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)
- August 22 – Denis Papin, French inventor (d. 1712)
- August 28 – Erik Carlsson Sjöblad, Swedish governor, admiral, and baron (d. 1725)
- August 31 – Mary Scott, 3rd Countess of Buccleuch, young Scottish peeress (d. 1661)
- September 1 – Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1717)
- September 4 – Gerhard Noodt, Dutch lawyer (d. 1725)
- September 23 – Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1720)
- September 23 – Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1709)
- October 3 – Johannes Voet, Dutch legal scholar (d. 1713)
- November 11 – Johannes Voorhout, Dutch painter (d. 1723)
- November 11 – Johann Wilhelm Baier (d. 1695)
- November 18 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706)
- November 20 – Huchtenburg, Dutch painter (d. 1733)
- November 26 – Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt, Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen (1671-1680) (d. 1680)
- November 27 – Badr-un-Nissa, daughter of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and Nawab Bai (d. 1670)
- December 4 – Daniel Eberlin, German composer (d. 1715)
- December 7 – Giovanni Ceva, Italian mathematician (d. 1734)
- December 7 – Francesco del Giudice, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1725)
- December 11 – David van der Plas, Dutch painter (d. 1704)
- December 11 – Jacob Johan Hastfer, Swedish officer, governor of Livonia (d. 1695)
- December 22 – Nicholas Noyes, colonial minister in Salem (d. 1717)
- December 30 – Jean Martianay, French Benedictine scholar (d. 1717)
- date unknown – Henry Aldrich, English theologian and philosopher (d. 1710)
- date unknown – Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (d. 1688)
Deaths
- January 29 – Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565)
- March 14 – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b. 1584)
- March 29 – Charls Butler, English beekeeper and philologist (b. 1560)
- May 21 – Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and historian (b. 1581)
- June 2 – Christian, Prince Elect of Denmark, Danish prince (b. 1603)
- June 12 – Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian (b. c. 1575)
- July 7 – Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (b. 1586)
- July 16 – Masaniello, Italian rebel (b. 1622)[citation needed]
- August 24 – Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
- October 8 – Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562)
- October 25 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1608)
- November 30 – Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (b. 1598)[1]
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