Timeline August 1648

Events in August 1648 4

• 1615 – 1648 Ibrahim I (1615-1648) Died 18 August 1648, aged 32 Ottoman Sultan from 1640, Ibrahim I was deposed in a palace coup on 8 August 1648 and executed ten days later. His erratic rule, later remembered as that of "Ibrahim the Mad," ended with the enthronement of his six-year-old son Mehmed IV.
• 1648 Battle of Preston Cromwell crushes a Royalist-Scottish force in the Second English Civil War Between 17 and 19 August 1648 Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeated a Royalist and Scottish Engager force under the Duke of Hamilton near Preston. The victory effectively ended the Second English Civil War and secured Parliament's military dominance.
• 1648 Battle of Lens French victory over Spain in the Franco-Spanish War On 20 August 1648 Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, led French forces to a decisive victory over a Spanish army near Lens. News of the defeat reached Münster in time to push Spain toward accepting peace terms with the Dutch Republic.
• 1648 Fronde Uprising Erupts in Paris Barricades rise after the arrest of a popular magistrate The arrest of parlementaire Pierre Broussel on 26 August 1648 triggered the Day of the Barricades in Paris, forcing the regency government of Anne of Austria to release him. The unrest marked the opening of the Fronde, a series of civil conflicts that would convulse France for the next five years.