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What Happened in May 1640

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Historical Events

  • May 3 English Upper house accepts Act of Attainder
  • May 5 English Short Parliament rises

Revolt of the Catalans

May 12 Revolt of Catalonia begins, an uprising against the Spanish King Philip IV in eastern Spain

King of Spain and Portugal Philip IV
Events in 1640

Famous Birthdays

  • May 31 Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (1669-73), born in Biały Kamień, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1673)
Born in 1640

Famous Deaths

  • May 30 Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies
  • May 30 Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter, dies at 62

Famous People Who Were

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