1650
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| Years: 1647 1648 1649 - 1650 - 1651 1652 1653 | |||
| Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s | |||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler.
- August 23 - Colonel George Monck forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, forerunner of Coldstream Guards
- 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.
- First modern Palio in Siena
- Puritans chop down the original Glastonbury Thorn
- Captain James Hind makes an abortive attempt to seize power in England
- Jews allowed to return to France and England
- Cafés begin to become popular in Europe
- Three-wheeled wheelchairs used in Nuremberg
- Ann Greene, who had been hanged for infanticide in Edinburgh, wakes up in an autopsy table – she is pardoned
- Abyssinia deports Portuguese diplomats and missionaries
- Einkommende Zeitungen – first German newspaper (cancelled 1918)
- Town of Sharon, Massachusetts is founded.
Ongoing events
Births
- 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)
- November 14 - King William III of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1702)
- November 7 - John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723)
Deaths
- February 11 - René Descartes, French philosopher (b. 1595)
- April 18 - Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (b. 1602)
- May 21 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist (b. 1612)
- June 18 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer
- June 19 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
- August 25 - Richard Crashaw, English poet
- 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)
- Giambattista Andreini, Italian actor and playwright (b. 1578)
- Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi, Japanese samurai (b. 1607)
