1647
Events
January–June
- January 7 - The Westminster Assembly begins debating the biblical proof texts, to support the new Confession of Faith.
- January 16 - Citizens of Dublin declare their support for Rinuccini, and refuse to support the army of the Marquis of Ormond.
- February 29 - Knights against pirates: medieval war that took place in the North-East region of the Red Sea.
- March 14 - Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
- April 3 - In England, a letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons.
- May 13 - The 1647 Santiago earthquake rattles Chile.
- May 24 - The Marquis of Argyll and David Leslie join forces to defeat Alasdair MacColla, at Rhunahoarine Point in Kintyre. MacColla flees to Ireland; his followers are massacred.
July–December
- August
- * The New Model Army marches to London.
- * Peter Stuyvesant is appointed Director of New Amsterdam, by the Dutch West India Company.
- August 8 - Irish forces are defeated by English Parliamentary forces in the Battle of Dungan's Hill.
- October 28 - Start of the Putney Debates
- November 13 - Battle of Knocknanuss: An Irish confederate force is destroyed by the army of Parliament; Alasdair MacColla is killed.
- November 15 - Henry of Guise lands in Naples, to become the leader of the Neapolitan Republic.
- December 28 - King Charles of England promises a church reform. This agreement leads to the Second English Civil War.
Date unknown
- England's Puritan rulers ban Christmas.
- Johann von Werth tries to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refuse.
- Aberystwyth Castle is razed to the ground, by Parliamentarian troops.
- The word Geysir is first used in Iceland, by Bishop Sveinson.
- Dutch artist Salomon van Ruysdael completes the oil painting, The Crossing at Nijmegen.
Births
January–March
- January 2 - Nathaniel Bacon, Virginia colonist, rebel
- January 6
- * Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- * William Wall, English theologian
- January 7 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg
- February 11 - Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt-Harzgerode, by marriage Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg
- February 17
- * William Hay, Scottish clergyman and prelate
- * Philipp Reinhard Vitriarius, German lawyer
- February 18 - Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry, French Benedictine scholar
- March 1 - John de Brito, Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr
- March 12 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French soldier and general
- March 17 - Johann Wolfgang Jäger, German theologian
- March 19 - Anna Elisabeth of Anhalt-Bernburg, duchess consort of Württemberg-Bernstadt
- March 20 - Jean de Hautefeuille, French cleric, scientist
April–June
- April 1 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court
- April 2 - Maria Sibylla Merian, German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator
- April 3 - Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet, English statesman
- April 16 - Matthijs Naiveu, Dutch painter
- April 18 - Elias Brenner, Finnish artist
- April 26 - William Ashhurst, Lord Mayor of London
- May 20 - Basilius Petritz, German composer and Kreuzkirche
- June 3 - Johanna Walpurgis of Leiningen-Westerburg, German noblewoman, by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels
- June 17 - James Kendall, English soldier, politician
- June 19 - Miles Gale, English antiquarian
- June 20 - John George III, Elector of Saxony
- June 22 - Ivan Ratkaj, Croatian Jesuit missionary and explorer
July–September
- July 2 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councillor
- July 8 - Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond, member of the Court of the Restoration, famous for refusing to become a mistress of Charles II of England
- July 17 - Robertus Dixon, British scientist
- July 22 - Margaret Mary Alacoque, French Catholic nun, mystic and saint
- July 23 - Luise Marie of the Palatinate, German princess
- July 29 - Carl Piper, Swedish politician
- August 4 - Giovanni II Cornaro, Venetian nobleman and statesman
- August 12
- * Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer
- * Eberhard Werner Happel, German author
- August 22 - Denis Papin, French inventor
- August 28 - Erik Carlsson Sjöblad, Swedish governor, admiral, and baron
- August 31 - Mary Scott, 3rd Countess of Buccleuch, young Scottish peeress
- September 1 - Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark
- September 4 - Gerhard Noodt, Dutch jurist
- September 23
- * Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts
- * Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1677 until his death
October–December
- October 3 - Johannes Voet, Dutch legal scholar
- November 11
- * Johann Wilhelm Baier, German theologian
- * Johannes Voorhout, Dutch painter
- November 18 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher
- November 20 - Huchtenburg, Dutch painter
- November 26 - Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt, Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen
- November 27 - Badr-un-Nissa, daughter of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and Nawab Bai
- November 28 - Constantin Marselis, Danish baron
- December 4 - Daniel Eberlin, German composer
- December 7
- * Giovanni Ceva, Italian mathematician
- * Francesco del Giudice, Italian Catholic cardinal
- December 11
- * Jacob Johan Hastfer, Swedish officer, governor of Livonia
- * David van der Plas, Dutch painter
- December 22 - Nicholas Noyes, Massachusetts colonial minister, during the time of the Salem witch trials
- December 30 - Jean Martianay, French Benedictine scholar
Date unknown
- Henry Aldrich, English theologian and philosopher
- Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer
- Elisabeth Hevelius, Polish astronomer
Deaths
- January 2 - Zhang Xianzhong, Chinese rebel
- January 6 - Francisco Ximénez de Urrea, Spanish historian
- January 14 - François L’Anglois, French artist
- January 29 - Francis Meres, English writer
- February 6 - Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera, Viceroy of Sicily and Viceroy of Naples
- February 17 - Johann Heermann, German poet, hymn-writer
- March 2 - Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Hadamar, by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Harzgerode
- March 14 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
- March 29 - Charles Butler, English beekeeper and philologist
- April 20 - Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet, English politician
- May 21 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and historian
- June 2 - Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark
- June 9 - Leonard Calvert, Colonial governor of Maryland
- June 12 - Thomas Farnaby, English grammarian
- July 1 - Francis Walsingham, English Jesuit
- July 7 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist
- July 12 - Francesco Maria Farnese, Italian Catholic cardinal
- July 16 - Masaniello, Italian rebel
- August 24 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect
- August 27 - Pietro Novelli, Italian painter
- September 9 - Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet, English politician
- September 18 - Pietro Carrera, Italian chess player
- October 8 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer
- October 9 - Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt, Archbishop of Mainz
- October 15 - Bartholda van Swieten, Dutch diplomat
- October 25 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist
- November 5 - Vincentio Reinieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer
- November 25 - George Albert I, Count of Erbach-Schönberg
- November 30
- * Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician
- * Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter
- December 1 - Joseph Gaultier de la Vallette, French astronomer
