1650

Years: 1647 1648 1649 - 1650 - 1651 1652 1653
Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century Template:C17YearInTopic

Events

June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler.
August 23 - Colonel George Monck forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, forerunner of Coldstream Guards
September 29 - Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters - the first historically documented dating service - in Threadneedle Street, London
November 4 - William III of Orange becomes Prince of the House of Orange the moment of his birth, succeeding his father who had died a few days earlier. He doesn't become stadtholder, so the United Provinces become a true republic.
First modern Palio in Siena
Puritans chop down the original Glastonbury Thorn
Captain James Hind makes an abortive attempt to seize power in England
Jews allowed to return to France and England
Cafés begin to become popular in Europe
Three-wheeled wheelchairs used in Nuremberg
Ann Greene, who had been hanged for infanticide in Edinburgh, wakes up in an autopsy table – she is pardoned
Abyssinia deports Portuguese diplomats and missionaries
Einkommende Zeitungen – first German newspaper (cancelled 1918)
Town of Sharon, Massachusetts is founded.
Estimation: Istanbul becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Beijing.[1]