Events
Births
- January 25 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)
- March 18 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
- March 30 - John Trenchard, English statesman (d. 1695)
- April 1 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)
- May 31 - Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)
- June 9 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
- September 29 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)
- November 28 - Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain
- December 6 - Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723)
- December 13 - Robert Plot, British naturalist (d. 1696)
See also Category:1640 births.
Deaths
- January 14 - Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
- January 25 - Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)
- February 9 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1612)
- March 17 - Philip Massinger, English dramatist (b. 1583)
- April 10 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b. 1578)
- May 30 - Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (b. 1577)
- June 3 - John Aylmer, English politicial theorist (b. 1521)
- June 3 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (b. 1584)
- October 20 - John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)
- December 30 - John Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
- Uriel Acosta, Portuguese philosopher (suicide) (b. 1585)
- John Mac Street, Irish Captain, dies at Virginia (b. 1565)
See also Category:1640 deaths.
Media
The play
Cyrano by
Edmond Rostand takes place in the year 1640.
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