1640 in Spain

Events in the year 1640 in Spain.

← 1639 1638 1637 1640 in Spain → 1641 1642 1643
Decades:	1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s
See also:	Other events of 1640 List of years in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch - Philip IV ^[1]

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 headed for Barcelona, passing through Cambrils.
• December 13–16 - Catalan Revolt: Battle of Cambrils. Catalan rebels massacred by Royal army after surrender
• December 24 - Royal army takes Tarragona

Deaths

• June 7 - Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma, Viceroy of Catalonia, assassinated
• December 16 - Antoni d'Armengol, Jacint Vilosa, Carles Bertrolà i de Caldés, Catalan Revolt leaders at Cambrils, execution by garrote

References

1. "Philip IV - king of Spain and Portugal". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 April 2018.