1640

1640 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1640; MDCXL
Ab urbe condita	2393
Armenian calendar	1089; ԹՎ ՌՁԹ
Assyrian calendar	6390
Balinese saka calendar	1561–1562
Bengali calendar	1047
Berber calendar	2590
English Regnal year	15 Cha. 1 – 16 Cha. 1
Buddhist calendar	2184
Burmese calendar	1002
Byzantine calendar	7148–7149
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit); 4337 or 4130; — to —; 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon); 4338 or 4131
Coptic calendar	1356–1357
Discordian calendar	2806
Ethiopian calendar	1632–1633
Hebrew calendar	5400–5401
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1696–1697
- Shaka Samvat	1561–1562
- Kali Yuga	4740–4741
Holocene calendar	11640
Igbo calendar	640–641
Iranian calendar	1018–1019
Islamic calendar	1049–1050
Japanese calendar	Kan'ei 17; (寛永１７年)
Javanese calendar	1561–1562
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3973
Minguo calendar	272 before ROC; 民前272年
Nanakshahi calendar	172
Thai solar calendar	2182–2183
Tibetan calendar	阴土兔年; (female Earth-Rabbit); 1766 or 1385 or 613; — to —; 阳金龙年; (male Iron-Dragon); 1767 or 1386 or 614

Years:
1637 1638 1639 - 1640 - 1641 1642 1643

Decades:
1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s

Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Events

December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. Spain does not recognize the Independence before 1668
Charles I summons and rapidly dismisses the Short Parliament in an attempt to fund the second of the Bishops Wars.
November: The English Long Parliament is summoned.
Change of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from Murat IV (1623-1640) to Ibrahim I (1640-1648)
First book printed in North America, the Bay Psalm Book
First known European coffee house opens in Venice