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1639 ( MDCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1639th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 639th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1630s decade.
- 1639 in England
27 February – Charles denounces the Covenanters. [1] 21...
- Treaty of Berwick
Berwick, England. The Treaty of Berwick (also known as the...
- 1639 in England
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, [b] sometimes known as the British Civil Wars, [c] [d] were a series of intertwined conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities united in a personal union under Charles I. They include the 1639 to 1640 Bishops' Wars, the First and Second English ...
- 1639–1653
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1639 ( MDCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1639th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 639th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1630s decade.
The Battle of the Downs by Willem van de Velde, 1659, RijksMuseum. The Battle of the Downs took place on 21 October 1639 ( New Style ), during the Eighty Years' War. A Spanish fleet, commanded by Admiral Antonio de Oquendo, was decisively defeated by a Dutch force under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp.
- 21 October 1639
- Dutch victory
Nov 22, 2022 · Bishops' Wars. Scotland, UK. The 1639 and 1640 Bishops' Wars were the first of the conflicts known collectively as the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which took place in Scotland, England and Ireland. Others include the Irish Confederate Wars, the First, Second and Third English Civil Wars, and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
