1640s
Parliament versus Crown
The decade from 1640 to 1649.
Decades are commonly referenced this way in historical writing: English politics in the 1640s, fashions of the 1640s.
The format works for any century: 1840s, 1940s, 2020s.
1640s British constitutional conflict
- PuritanEnglish Protestant simplifier
- RoundheadEnglish Civil War rebel
- Charles IStuart king beheaded 1649
- CromwellEnglish republican military leader
colonial · Massachusetts Bay · New Amsterdam · Thirty Years War · Tokugawa · baroque · Rembrandt · Velazquez
Approximately, for dates
- estimatedRoughly calculated beforehand
- earliestFirst in time
- documentedPreserved in official records
- recordedCaptured for posterity
attributed · origin · coined · first use · antique · period · era · approximate
Resolved dispute or colony
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- indenturedContracted to serve
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
fur trade · Dutch · Jamestown · frontier · charter · governor · Native American · Iroquois
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- Dutch Golden AgeNetherlands' 17th-century cultural zenith
- VermeerBaroque Dutch painter
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
masque · metaphysical poetry · Milton · opera · theater · Descartes · philosophy · scientific revolution
English Civil War
1640s British constitutional conflict
- PuritanEnglish Protestant simplifier
- RoundheadEnglish Civil War rebel
- Charles IStuart king beheaded 1649
Cromwell · colonial · Massachusetts Bay · New Amsterdam · Thirty Years War · Tokugawa · baroque · Rembrandt · Velazquez · Louis XIV
circa
Approximately, for dates
- estimatedRoughly calculated beforehand
- earliestFirst in time
- documentedPreserved in official records
recorded · attributed · origin · coined · first use · antique · period · era · approximate · historical
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- indenturedContracted to serve
tobacco · fur trade · Dutch · Jamestown · frontier · charter · governor · Native American · Iroquois · missionary
baroque
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- Dutch Golden AgeNetherlands' 17th-century cultural zenith
- VermeerBaroque Dutch painter
harpsichord · masque · metaphysical poetry · Milton · opera · theater · Descartes · philosophy · scientific revolution · printing
1640s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
21st century · modern era · 2000s · distant future · prehistoric times
1640s1660s
Decade of monarchy's return
Elizabethan era · 1660 · 1680s · Georgian era · Victorian era
1640sRoaring Twenties
Prosperous 1920s era
Jazz Age · Swinging Sixties · Renaissance · Age of Enlightenment