1648

Years:
1645 1646 1647 - 1648 - 1649 1650 1651

Decades:
1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s

Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century

1648 by topic:
Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

Events

Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War.
Chmielnicki Uprising in Republic of Both Nations (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth).
The Dutch and the Spanish sign the Treaty of Munster, ending the Eighty Years' War. The Spanish Empire recognizes the Dutch Republic of United Netherlands as a sovereign state, (governed by the House of Orange-Nassau and the Estates General) which was before a province of the Spanish Empire. The Netherlands becomes the first European power with a republican form of government.
November 11 - France and Netherlands agree to divide the island of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.
Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ibrahim I (1640-1648) to Mehmed IV (1648-1687)
The Rump Parliament finds Charles I guilty of treason, and sentences him to be executed.
Admiral Robert Blake defeats Prince Rupert and the remnants of the Royalist navy in the English Civil War.
In India, building of the Red Fort is completed.
Discovery of strait (Bering Strait) between Asia and North America by Semyon Dezhnev
The west bank of Prague (including the Prague Castle) occupied and looted by Swedish armies.
Sabbatai Zevi declares himself the Messiah at Smyrna.