Editing 1650 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]], dies after a reign of more than 63 years.  The area is now part of the northeastern German state of [[Saxony-Anhalt]].
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Cardinal Mazarin|Cardinal Jules Mazarin]], the Chief Minister of France and head of its government since 1642, learns of a plot against him and has the [[Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé|Prince de Condé]], the [[Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti|Prince de Conti]] and the [[Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville|Duc de Longueville]] arrested, prompting [[The Fronde|a rebellion by parliament against the Crown]].
* [[January 28]] &ndash; The [[Sultan bin Saif]] of Oman expels the Portuguese colonial government from [[Muscat]], forcing the surrender of the port of [[Muttrah]] and of Fort Capitan, and captures two warships, ending 35 years of Portuguese occupation.
* [[February 1]] &ndash; The French verse play ''[[Andromède]]'', commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin, written by [[Pierre Corneille]] and with elaborate sets designed by [[Giacomo Torelli]], premieres before the royal family at the [[Théâtre Royal de Bourbon]].
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s troops sweep through Ireland and bombard the [[Kiltinan Castle]] in [[County Tipperary]]. 
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Jacob van Kittensteyn]] succeeds [[Joan Maetsuycker]] as the Dutch [[Governor of Zeylan]] (now the nation of [[Sri Lanka]]).
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 2nd Count of Castelo Melhor|João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos]], Portuguese Count of Castelo Melhor, becomes the new Governor of Brazil.
* [[March 28]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Kilkenny]] in [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland|Ireland by Oliver Cromwell]] ends in after six days as royalist [[Sir Walter Butler, 1st Baronet|Sir Walter Butler]] turns over control of the city to the Commonwealth of England forces.