Major Events
- Jan 18 French General Louis II of Condé arrested and imprisoned at Vincennes
- Apr 20 Dutch East India Company (VOC) management sets new guidelines
- Apr 27 The Battle of Carbisdale: Royalist army under Marquess of Montrose invades mainland Scotland from Orkney; defeated by a Covenanter army.
- Apr 30 French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain
- Jun 9 The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. First legal corporation in the Americas.
- Jul 30 William II of Orange occupies Amsterdam
- Aug 3 Dutch Stadtholder William II and Amsterdam reach accord about a standing army
- Sep 3 Battle of Dunbar; Oliver Cromwell's English New Model Army defeats Scottish force in surprise attack
- Sep 29 2nd Fronde, the Fronde of the Princes uprising ends in France
- Sep 29 Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)
- More 1650 Events
Fun Fact About 1650
The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. First legal corporation in the Americas.