1640 in Catalonia

Events from 1640 in Catalonia.

Incumbents

28 January – The Spanish armies recovered the castle of Salses from French occupation.
February–May – The Spanish soldiers remained in Catalonia, and the tensions between troops and Catalan peasants, who were forced to quarter them, increased.
3 May – Riudarenes, a village near to Girona, was burn by Spanish soldiers.
14 May – Santa Coloma de Farners was burnt by Spanish soldiers.
22 May – Rebels liberated the deputy of the Generalitat Francesc de Tamarit from prison.
7 June – Corpus de Sang. The reapers stationed in Barcelona and Sant Andreu del Palomar started a riot in which the Viceroy of Catalonia, Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma was killed.
7 September – Pact of Ceret between the Principality of Catalonia and the Kingdom of France, establishing a Franco-Catalan alliance.
10 September – Pau Claris, President of the Generalitat, summit the members of the Catalan Courts in order to form a Junta de Braços or Braços Generals, an extraordinary council, which assumes the sovereignty and suspends the Monarchy.
16 December – On its way to Barcelona, Spanish armies perpetrate the Cambrils massacre.