1640s

16th century - 17th century - 18th century

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

Years: 1640,1641,1642,1643,1644,1645?,1646,1647?,1648,1649

 1630s - 1640s - 1650s? : 17th century

• 1648: Thirty Years War ends.
• 1648: [Eighty Years War]? ends with the Treaty of Münster.
• 1648: [English Parliament]? finds Charles I guilty of treason, and sentences him to be executed.