1647

Events 
 March 14 – Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
 April 3 – In England, letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the 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, Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary 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