What is 1647?
{{Year nav|1647}} {{Year in various calendars|1647}} {{Year article header|1647}} == Events == * [[March 14]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Bavaria]], [[Cologne]], [[France]] and [[Sweden]] sign the [[Truce of Ulm]]. * [[April 3]] – In [[England]], letter from the [[Agitator]]s of the [[New Model Army]], protesting delay of pay, is read in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] * [[May 29]] – The [[Rhode Island General Assembly]] drafts a constitution that separates church and state, and permits public referenda and initiatives on legislation. * [[August 8]] – The [[battle of Dungans Hill]], [[Ireland|Irish]] forces are defeated by [[Great Britain|British]] [[Parliament]]ary forces. * August – [[Peter Stuyvesant]] appointed Director of [[New Amsterdam]] by the [[Dutch West India Company]]. *[[Johann von Werth]] tried to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refused [[Category:1647| ]]