1648 - What happened in 1648 ?

January 1648

Friday 17:

England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Address, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.

Thursday 30:

The Treaty of Münster is signed, ending the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain.

June 1648

Sunday 14:

Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts colony.

October 1648

Saturday 24:

The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.