1640 in Spain
# 1640 in Spain

## Incumbents

* Monarch - Philip IV

## Events

* May - beginning of the Catalan Revolt
* September - Royal army occupies Tortosa
* December 8 - a large Royal army under Pedro Fajardo de Zúñiga y Requesens headed for Barcelona, passing through Cambrils.
* December 13–16 - Catalan Revolt: Battle of Cambrils. Catalan rebels massacred by Royal army after surrender
* December 24 - Royal army takes Tarragona

## Deaths

* June 7 - Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma, Viceroy of Catalonia, assassinated
* December 16 - Antoni d'Armengol, Jacint Vilosa, Carles Bertrolà i de Caldés, Catalan Revolt leaders at Cambrils, execution by garrote
