1641

16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades:1600s,1610s,1620s,1630s,1640s,1650s,1660s,1670s,1680s,1690s

1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646

1641 - decade 1640s - 17th century

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Events

• The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles I's absolutist tendencies.
• 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.

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