Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1650
Birthdays
- February 2 - Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687)
- February 5 - Anne-Jules, French general (d. 1708)
- April 20 - William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)
- April 27 - Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
- May 26 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
- August 16 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (d. 1718)
- September 23 - Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
- October 21 - Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)
- November 7 - John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723)
- November 14 - King William III of England, (d. 1702)
Deaths
- February 11 - René Descartes, French philosopher (b. 1596)
- April 18 - Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian (b. 1602)
- May 21 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
- June 18 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer
- June 19 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
- August 25 - Richard Crashaw, English poet (b. ca. 1613)
- October 29 - David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)
- November 13 - Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595)
- November 24 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b. 1566)
- December 31 - Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)
Events
- April 27 - The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army invades mainland Scotland from Orkney Island but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
- June 9 - The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
- September 3 - Third English Civil War: Battle of Dunbar (1650)
- September 29 - Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters
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