1640 in Spain

Decades:	1620s; 1630s; 1640s; 1650s; 1660s;
See also:	Other events of 1640; List of years in Spain

Incumbents edit

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

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

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