1640

Events in 1640 4

• 1577 – 1640 Peter Paul Rubens Baroque · Flanders Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was a Flemish Baroque painter whose exuberant, dynamic compositions defined the Counter-Reformation aesthetic. He ran a vast workshop and also served as a diplomat.
• 1580 – 1640 Iberian Union Under the Spanish Crown A 60-year period when the Portuguese and Spanish crowns were united under the Spanish Habsburgs.
• 1640 Turku Royal Academy First University Founded by Queen Christina of Sweden, it was the first university in Finland and the center of Finnish intellectual life.
• 1640 Restoration of Independence The 1st of December A coup by the Portuguese nobility that overthrew Spanish rule and placed the House of Braganza on the throne.