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What Happened in November 1640

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Historical Events

  • Nov 3 English Long Parliament forms
  • Nov 11 Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, impeached by the House of Lords on the evidence of John Pym, and imprisoned in the Tower of London; he was later executed.

Events in 1640

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 4 Carlo Mannelli, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1697)
  • Nov 15 Nicolaus Adam Strungk, German composer, born in Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg (now Germany) (d. 1700)
  • Nov 26 Carl Rosier, Dutch baroque composer, born in Liège (d. 1725)
  • Nov 28 Willem de Vlamingh, Dutch sea captain who explored the then "New Holland", the central west coast of Australia, born in Oost-Vlieland, Dutch Republic (d. c. 1698)
Born in 1640

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 25 Giles Farnaby, composer, dies

Famous People Who Were

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