Editing 1647 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Masaniello]] launches rebellion in [[Naples]] against Spanish rule.
* [[July 27]] &ndash; A mob invades both Houses of the English Parliament at Westminster, and forces the Speakers of the House of Commons and the House of Lords to flee, along with other MPs and Peers. <ref name=DeKrey>Gary S. De Krey, ''Following the Levellers: Political and Religious Radicals in the English Civil War and Revolution, 1645–1649'' (Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018) p. 114 </ref>
* [[August 5]] &ndash; The [[New Model Army]] marches into [[London]], "fulfilling the worst nightmares of Presbyterian MPs," and restores the members of Parliament who were deposed on July 27. <ref name=DeKrey/>
* [[August 8]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dungan's Hill]]: [[Ireland|Irish]] forces are defeated by [[England|English]] [[Parliament]]ary forces.
* [[August 17]] &ndash; [[Peter Stuyvesant]] is appointed Director of [[New Netherlands]], the Dutch colony in what is later the U.S. state of New York, by the [[Dutch West India Company]] to replace [[Willem Kieft]], who departs [[New Amsterdam]] on the ship ''[[Princess Amelia (1634 ship)|Princess Amelia]]''. <ref> "Stuyvesant, Petrus", by Bruce Vandervort, ''The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890: A Political, Social, and Military History'', ed. by Spencer Tucker (ABC-CLIO, 2011) p. 767 had arrived on May 11.</ref>
* [[August 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Triebl]]: [[Holy Roman Empire|Imperial]] forces defeat the Swedes in a surprise attack in [[Bohemia]].
* [[September 27]] &ndash; The Dutch merchant ship ''Princess Amelia'' runs aground off of the coast of [[Mumbles Point, Wales]] and sinks, killing 86 of the 107 people aboard, including former New Netherlands Governor Willem Kieft.