Incumbents

*Monarch -

Philip IV Philip IV may refer to: * Philip IV of Macedon (died 297 BC) * Philip IV of France (1268–1314), Avignon Papacy * Philip IV of Burgundy or Philip I of Castile (1478–1506) * Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1542–1602) * Philip IV of Spain ...

Events

*May - beginning of the Catalan Revolt *September - Royal army occupies Tortosa *December 8 - a large Royal army under

Pedro Fajardo de Zúñiga y Requesens Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning " ...

headed for Barcelona, passing through Cambrils. *December 13–16 - Catalan Revolt:

Battle of Cambrils The Battle of Cambrils or the Massacre of Cambrils took place in December 1640 during the Reapers' War. The revolt had started in May–June 1640 and as a reaction the Spanish Army had occupied Tortosa in Catalonia in September. On December 8 ...

. Catalan rebels massacred by Royal army after surrender *December 24 - Royal army takes Tarragona

Deaths

*June 7 -

Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma Dalmau de Queralt i de Codina, Count of Santa Coloma (; died 7 June 1640, Barcelona), was a Catalan noble, viceroy of Catalonia between 1638 and 1640, who was assassinated by Catalan rebels at the beginning of the Catalan Revolt. Biography Dalm ...

, Viceroy of Catalonia, assassinated *December 16 - Antoni d'Armengol, Jacint Vilosa, Carles Bertrolà i de Caldés, Catalan Revolt leaders at Cambrils, execution by

garrote A garrote or garrote vil (a Spanish word; alternative spellings include garotte and similar variants''Oxford English Dictionary'', 11th Ed: garrotte is normal British English spelling, with single r alternate. Article title is US English spellin ...

References

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