1648

Events 

 January/October: The Thirty Years' War ended with the Peace of Westphalia.
 October 24 –  Switzerland is recognized as an independent country by the other countries of Europe.
 Saint-Barthélemy was claimed by France.
 The Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain ended.

 Deaths 
 March 12 – Tirso de Molina, Spanish dramatist and poet (b. 1571)