Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester
by Frederick Hendrik van Hove, after Unknown artist
etching, published 1639
9 in. x 6 3/4 in. (228 mm x 173 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D33769
Sitterback to top
- Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester (circa 1564-1642), Judge and government official. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
- Frederick Hendrik van Hove (circa 1628-1698), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 79 portraits.
Events of 1639back to top
Current affairs
First Bishop's War. Conflict between Scotland and England over the king's intention to replace Scottish Presbyterianism with High Anglicanism is fiercely opposed by Scottish covenanters. Both sides assemble armies with Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll emerging as leader of the covenanters. Only skirmishes occur, quickly leading to negotiations at Berwick.Art and science
Archbishop Laud donates the Peterborough Chronicle, one of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, to the Bodleian Library.Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks having predicted the transit of Venus in November, observes and records it. Horrocks's draft treatise on the planet's transit, Venus in sole visa, is posthumously published by Johannes Hevelius in 1662.
International
Naval Battle of the Downs. Dutch Admiral Maarten Tromp, decisively defeats the Spanish, under Admiral Antonio de Oquendo. It is fought in the English Channel.Francis Day, of the British East India Company, acquires land from King of Chandragiri, and founds Fort St. George, which would later become Madras (Chennai).
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