1640

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Millennium : 2nd millennium
Centuries : 16th century ? 17th century ? 18th century
Decades : 1610s   1620s   1630s   ? 1640s ?   1650s   1660s   1670s
Years : 1637 1638 1639 ? 1640 ? 1641 1642 1643
1640 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1640
MDCXL
Ab urbe condita 2393
Armenian calendar 1089
?? ???
Assyrian calendar 6390
Balinese saka calendar 1561?1562
Bengali calendar 1047
Berber calendar 2590
English Regnal year 15  Cha. 1  ? 16  Cha. 1
Buddhist calendar 2184
Burmese calendar 1002
Byzantine calendar 7148?7149
Chinese calendar 己卯 (Earth  Rabbit )
4336 or 4276
     ? to ?
庚辰年 (Metal  Dragon )
4337 or 4277
Coptic calendar 1356?1357
Discordian calendar 2806
Ethiopian calendar 1632?1633
Hebrew calendar 5400?5401
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1696?1697
 - Shaka Samvat 1561?1562
 - Kali Yuga 4740?4741
Holocene calendar 11640
Igbo calendar 640?641
Iranian calendar 1018?1019
Islamic calendar 1049?1050
Japanese calendar Kan'ei 17
(?永17年)
Javanese calendar 1561?1562
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar 3973
Minguo calendar 272 before ROC
民前272年
Nanakshahi calendar 172
Thai solar calendar 2182?2183
Tibetan calendar ?土?年
(female Earth- Rabbit )
1766 or 1385 or 613
     ? to ?
?金?年
(male Iron- Dragon )
1767 or 1386 or 614

1640 ( MDCXL ) 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 Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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