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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1648
  • Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • June 1 » The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
  • June 15 » Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • August 8 » Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman Emperor.
  • August 20 » Battle of Lens: French Duc d'Enghien defeats Spaniards
  • August 28 » The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil War.
  • October 24 » The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.