1641

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1610s  1620s  1630s  – 1640s –  1650s  1660s  1670s
Years:	1638 1639 1640 – 1641 – 1642 1643 1644

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1641 Media

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  November 4: Battle of Cape St. Vincent

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  Sir Robert Sibbald (1641–1722)

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  portret van Reinier de Graaf

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  Empress Xiaohuizhang

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  Self-portrait of Sir Anthony van Dyck.

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1641 (MDCXLI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1641st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 641st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1641, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• The Long Parliament passes a series of laws written to help keep Charles I's absolutist policies.
• August 10 – Charles I of England runs from London to the north
• Irish Rebellion of 1641 – revolt of the Gaelic Irish in Ulster against the English settlers
• The Dutch found a trading colony on Dejima, near Nagasaki, Japan.
• Portugal is ousted from Malacca by the Dutch.
• Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria is first performed.
• Moses Amyraut's De l'elevation de la foy et de l'abaissement de la raison en la creance des mysteres de la religion is published.
• The Norwegian city of Kristiansand was founded by King Christian IV