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April 13 – The Short Parliament assembles, as King Charles I of England attempts to fund the second of the Bishops' Wars.; May 5 – The Short Parliament is dissolved.; May 11/12 Following the Short Parliament's dissolution, an angry and armed mob attacked Lambeth Palace in the hope of killing the unpopular Archbishop, William Laud.
1640 – French and Iroquois Wars escalate to full warfare. 1640 – Virginia courts sentence John Punch a black indentured servant to life of servitude for running away from an abusive plantation owner Hugh Gwyn. 1642 – Beginning of the English Civil War. Montreal founded. 1643 – New England Confederation created.
1640 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1640th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 640th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1640, the ...
Their children were born free, and the families were established as free before the American Revolution. Punch's male descendants probably became known by the surname Bunch, a rare name among colonial families. [15] Before 1640, fewer than 100 African men were in Virginia, and John Punch was the only one with a surname similar to Bunch. [35]
The American Swedish Historical Museum in South Philadelphia houses many exhibits, documents, and artifacts from the New Sweden colony. [28] Perhaps the greatest contribution of New Sweden to the development of the New World is the log house building technique.
The museum opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology.It was one of the last structures designed by the renowned architectural firm McKim Mead & White.In 1980, the museum was renamed the National Museum of American History to represent its mission of the collection, care, study, and interpretation of objects that reflect the experience of the American people.
Rubenstein, the buyer, is an American billionaire financier and philanthropist. The sale set a new record for a single printed book, and surpassed the previous record set in 2010 ($11.5 million for John James Audubon's The Birds of America). [16] [6] [21] [7] Rubenstein loaned the book to the National Museum of American History. [22]
In 1899, the Springfield Ethnological and Natural History Museum (now the Springfield Science Museum) opened in its new building on October 16, 1899. [56] [57] Prior to this, the museum had existed as a curiosities collection established in December 1859 in City Hall, later hosted at the City Library beginning in 1871. [56] [58]