PEACH

History

1641

Population: 545 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Corneille (Pompeii tragedy), Luiz Velez de Guevara, Madeline de Scudery, John Evelyn Diary, Ben Johnson (posthumous), René Descartes Meditations metaphysiques, William Habington Observations Upon Historie,
Art includes Frans Hals "The Governors of St. Elizabeth Hospital", Claude Lorraine "Embarkation of St. Ursula", Nicolas Poussin "The Seven Sacraments", Rembrandt "Manoah", David Teniers "Country Fair", Van Dyck "Prince William of Orange"
Music includes George Wither collection of hymns, John Barnard "First Booke of Selected Church Musick", Monteverdi (opera),
Medicine: Arsenic prescribed for medicinal purposes for first time
Religion: Calvinist Peyrere seeks to publish on pre-Adamites - Chaldean history for 470,000 years considered - Permission denied, but anonymous publication in 1655
Science: Tulp publishes formal description of an ape
Deaths: Artist Anthony Van Dyck, Earl of Stafford Thomas Wentworth beheaded

Japan: Japan ousts all but one Dutch port in harbor and remains isolated until 1854
Malacca: (Malay) Dutch capture Malacca on Malay peninsula

General: 30 Years' War continues
Council for the North (1484) abolished
England: Thomas Wentworth Earl of Stafford and king’s chief adviser beheaded
Triennial Act requires Parliament to be summoned every three years
Abolition of Star Chamber and Court of High Commission
Grand Remonstrance of Parliament to Charles I
George Fox (Quakers) starts to preach
Cotton goods begin to be manufactured in Manchester
"Diurnal Occurences" a weekly periodical issued in London
France: Comte de Soissons' conspiracy against King Louis XIII fails
Mazarin made Cardinal
Theophraste Renaudot publishes his plan for free medical treatment of needy in Paris – three years later faculty of medicine forbids him to practice
Holy Roman Empire: Imperial army defeated at Wolfenbüttel
Ireland: Massacre of Ulster protestants with 30,000 massacred – Catholic rebellion
Scotland: Charles I accepts religiousness of Scotland – compromise
Sweden: Rise of iron industry