1650
| Years: 1647 1648 1649 - 1650 - 1651 1652 1653 | |
| Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1650 in topic: | |
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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
- 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.
- 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.
Ongoing events
Births
- February 2 - Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687).
- May 26 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (d. 1722)
- November 4 - King William III of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1702)
Deaths
- February 11 - René Descartes, French philosopher (b. 1595)
- Giambattista Andreini, Italian actor and playwright (b. 1578)
- Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi, Japanese samurai legend (b. 1607)
