1648

1648 was a leap year.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1610s  1620s  1630s  – 1640s –  1650s  1660s  1670s
Years:	1645 1646 1647 – 1648 – 1649 1650 1651

Events

• January/October: The Thirty Years' War ended with the Peace of Westphalia.
• October 24 – Switzerland is recognized as an independent country by the other countries of Europe.
• Saint-Barthélemy was claimed by France.
• The Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain ended.

Deaths

• March 12 – Tirso de Molina, Spanish dramatist and poet (b. 1571)