1650

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1620s  1630s  1640s  – 1650s –  1660s  1670s  1680s
Years:	1647 1648 1649 – 1650 – 1651 1652 1653

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1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1650th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 650th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1650s decade. As of the start of 1650, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• The city of Helsinki is founded.

Births

for more information, see Category:1650 births.

1650 Media

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  September 3: Cromwell at Dunbar by Andrew Carrick Gow. Oliver Cromwell's forces defeat the Scottish Army at the Battle of Dunbar

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  John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

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  William III of England

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  FransHalsPortretvanRenéDescartes

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  Dorgon (Manchu:

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1650 deaths.