Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1648. This year saw 27 significant events.
The Peace of Westphalia is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster.
Future Governor of New France Louis de Buade de Frontenac (28) secretly marries fellow aristocrat Anne de La Grange-Trianon (16)
Cornerstone of Amsterdam Town Hall is laid
Lord Baltimore's representative Margaret Brent ejected from the Maryland Council after requesting right to vote
The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
Treaty of Concorida: Dutch and French agree to divide St Maarten in the Leeward Islands [1]
Spanish troops and feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples
Shahjahanabad, colloquially known as Old Delhi (Hindustani: Purāni Dillī), is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India.
University of Harderwijk opens in the Netherlands
Beginning of 18 day battle of Zhovti Vody in Ukraine - Polish King John II Casimir eventually defeated by Cossacks
Treaty of Munster ratified by Spain & Netherlands
Battle of Zhovti Vody: Ukrainian Cossacks, commanded by Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Crimean Tatars led by Tuhaj Bej, defeat Polish King John II Casimir, after 18 days of battle
Maximilian I (17 April 1573 – 27 September 1651), occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597.
The people of Moscow rise up against Regent Boris Morozov
Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews and 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine
French premier Cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together
10,000 Jews of Polannoe murdered in Chmielnick massacre during Khmelnytsky Uprising
Battle of Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton defeats the Scots; ends August 19, 1648
Battle of Lens: French Duc d'Enghien defeats the Spanish
Siege of Deal Castle ends in the surrender of Royalist supporters to Parliamentarians during the Second English Civil War [1]
Jules Mazarin (born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino or Mazarini; 14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661), from 1641 known as Cardinal Mazarin, was an Italian Catholic prelate, diplomat and politician who served as...
First inn opens in New France, a pastry shop and hostelry in Québec owned by Jacques Boisdon [1]
Beginning of the Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Khmelnytsky's Cossacks defeat the Polish army of John Casimir II (battle ends 23 Sept) [NS]
Peter Stuyvesant establishes America's first volunteer fire service
First labor organization forms in North American colonies (Boston Shoemakers)
12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol Podlia
The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
The Peace of Westphalia is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster.
Future Governor of New France Louis de Buade de Frontenac (28) secretly marries fellow aristocrat Anne de La Grange-Trianon (16)
Cornerstone of Amsterdam Town Hall is laid
Lord Baltimore's representative Margaret Brent ejected from the Maryland Council after requesting right to vote
The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
Treaty of Concorida: Dutch and French agree to divide St Maarten in the Leeward Islands [1]
Spanish troops and feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples
Shahjahanabad, colloquially known as Old Delhi (Hindustani: Purāni Dillī), is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India.
University of Harderwijk opens in the Netherlands
Beginning of 18 day battle of Zhovti Vody in Ukraine - Polish King John II Casimir eventually defeated by Cossacks
Treaty of Munster ratified by Spain & Netherlands
Battle of Zhovti Vody: Ukrainian Cossacks, commanded by Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Crimean Tatars led by Tuhaj Bej, defeat Polish King John II Casimir, after 18 days of battle
Maximilian I (17 April 1573 – 27 September 1651), occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597.
The people of Moscow rise up against Regent Boris Morozov
Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews and 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine
French premier Cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together
10,000 Jews of Polannoe murdered in Chmielnick massacre during Khmelnytsky Uprising
Battle of Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton defeats the Scots; ends August 19, 1648
Battle of Lens: French Duc d'Enghien defeats the Spanish
Siege of Deal Castle ends in the surrender of Royalist supporters to Parliamentarians during the Second English Civil War [1]
Jules Mazarin (born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino or Mazarini; 14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661), from 1641 known as Cardinal Mazarin, was an Italian Catholic prelate, diplomat and politician who served as...
First inn opens in New France, a pastry shop and hostelry in Québec owned by Jacques Boisdon [1]
Beginning of the Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Khmelnytsky's Cossacks defeat the Polish army of John Casimir II (battle ends 23 Sept) [NS]
Peter Stuyvesant establishes America's first volunteer fire service
First labor organization forms in North American colonies (Boston Shoemakers)
12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol Podlia
The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.