What happened in 1648?
53 recorded events in 1648, including 20 in wars & conflicts, 7 in people and 6 in architecture & engineering.
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Major Events 1
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Peace of Westphalia
A series of treaties ends the Thirty Years' War and establishes the modern concept of state sovereignty.
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Wars & Conflicts 20
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Siege of Candia
1648–1669 siege of the Cretan War
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Battle of Lens
1648 battle of the Thirty Years' War
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Battle of Zhovti Vody
1648 battle during the Khmelnytsky Uprising
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Battle of Prague
1648 siege of Prague, Bohemia
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Battle of Zusmarshausen
1648 battle of the thirty years' war
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Battle of Preston
1648 battle
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Battle of Korsuń
1648 battle during the Khmelnytsky Uprising
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Battle of Pyliavtsi
1648 battle fought in the Khmelnytsky Uprising
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First Battle of Guararapes
1648 battle
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Battle of Starokostiantyniv
1648 battle
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Battle of St Fagans
1648 battle that took place during the Second English Civil War
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Siege of Colchester
1648 siege that occurred during the Second English Civil War
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Battle of Wevelinghoven
Battle of the thirty years' war
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Battle of Maidstone
1648 battle that took place during the Second English Civil War
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Battle of Winwick
1648 battle in England
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Battle of Pohost
Battle of Pohost (Wars & Conflicts).
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Siege of Kandahar
1648–1649 siege
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Battle of Mauchline Muir
Battle during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in 1648
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Siege of Pembroke
1648 battle that took place during the Second English Civil War
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Battle of Stirling
1648 in the Scottish Civil War
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Politics & Government 4
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Peace of Westphalia
Peace treaty ending the Thirty and Eighty Years' Wars
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Treaty of Concordia
1648 St. Martin border treaty
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Treaty of Münster (October 1648)
1648 peace treaty between France and the Holy Roman Empire signed on 24 October 1648 in Münster
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Treaty of Newport
1648 failed treaty to end the English Civil War
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People 7
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Marin Mersenne died
French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics" (1588-1648)
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Fedot Alekseyev Popov died
Russian explorer
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Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri died
Indian mathematician
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Isaac de Caus died
French architect and engineer
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Antonio de Montezinos died
Portuguese traveller
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Noël Juchereau died
Quebec pioneer
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Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon born
Born in Montargis. French Roman Catholic mystic.
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Science & Technology 1
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University of Harderwijk
University in Harderwijk, The Netherlands
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Exploration & Discovery 2
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Genoese East Indies expedition
1648–1649 expedition
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Genoese East Indies expedition
1648–1649 expedition
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Synagogue in Ružany
Synagogue in Ružany (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Benedictine abbey of Mariastein
Abbey building in Metzerlen-Mariastein in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
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Nostra Signora delle Grazie
Church building in Santo Stefano di Magra, Italy
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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Great Blow
1648 riot and explosion in Norwich
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Social Movements & Revolutions 3
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Khmelnytsky Uprising
Cossack rebellion within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1648–1657
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Salt Riot
Food riot in June 1648 in Moscow, Russia
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Tranquebar Rebellion
1648 rebellion in Danish India
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Architecture & Engineering 6
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Biaroza Monastery
Former Roman Catholic monastery in Byaroza, Belarus
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Oostkerk
Church building in Middelburg, the Netherlands
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Church of St. John's almshouse
Church in Tallinn
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Tövkhön Monastery
Buddhist monastery in Mongolia
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Iglesia del Espíritu Santo, Havana
The Iglesia del Espíritu Santo at #161 Calle Acosta was built in 1635 on the corner of the corner of Calles Cuba and Acosta by a fraternity of Afro-Cuban ex slaves
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Church of the Holy Trinity, Berwick-on-Tweed
Church in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, UK
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Teatro Niccolini
Theatre in Florence, Italy
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Empires & Countries 4
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Swedish Pomerania founded
Swedish Pomerania was founded, with its capital at Szczecin.
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Neapolitan Republic dissolved
Neapolitan Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Naples.
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Dutch Loango-Angola dissolved
Dutch Loango-Angola ceased to exist, having been centered at Luanda.
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Landgraviate of Upper Alsace dissolved
Landgraviate of Upper Alsace ceased to exist.
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