1641
year
1641 (MDCXLI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1641st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 641st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1641, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s – 1640s – 1650s 1660s 1670s |
| Years: | 1638 1639 1640 – 1641 – 1642 1643 1644 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1641 MDCXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2394 |
| Armenian calendar | 1090 ԹՎ ՌՂ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6391 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1562–1563 |
| Bengali calendar | 1048 |
| Berber calendar | 2591 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Cha. 1 – 17 Cha. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2185 |
| Burmese calendar | 1003 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7149–7150 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4337 or 4277 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4338 or 4278 |
| Coptic calendar | 1357–1358 |
| Discordian calendar | 2807 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1633–1634 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5401–5402 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1697–1698 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1562–1563 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4741–4742 |
| Holocene calendar | 11641 |
| Igbo calendar | 641–642 |
| Iranian calendar | 1019–1020 |
| Islamic calendar | 1050–1051 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 18 (寛永１８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1562–1563 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3974 |
| Minguo calendar | 271 before ROC 民前271年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 173 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2183–2184 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1767 or 1386 or 614 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1768 or 1387 or 615 |
Events
change- The Long Parliament passes a series of laws written to help keep Charles I's absolutist policies.
- August 10 – Charles I of England runs from London to the north
- Irish Rebellion of 1641 – revolt of the Gaelic Irish in Ulster against the English settlers
- 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.
- The Norwegian city of Kristiansand was founded by King Christian IV