1647
| Years: 1644 1645 1646 - 1647 - 1648 1649 1650 | |
| Decades: 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1647 in topic: | |
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Events
- March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
- August 8 - The battle of Dungans Hill, Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces.
- August - Peter Stuyvesant appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.
- Johann von Werth tried to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refused.
Events of the English Civil War
- Castle of Aberystwyth razed to the ground by Parliamentarian troops
- August: Army marches to London
- December 28, Charles promises church reform. This agreement led to the Second English Civil War.
Ongoing events
Births
- April 1 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (d. 1680)
- August 22 - Denis Papin, French inventor
- November 18 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706)
- Henry Aldrich, English theologian and philosopher (d. 1710)
Deaths
- May 21 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and historian (b. 1581)
- October 25 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1608)
- Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician (b. 1598)