It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+5(V)+1(I) = 1646). Events January–March January 5 – The English House of Commons approves a bill to provide for Ireland to be governed by a single Englishman. January 9 – The Battle of Bovey Heath takes place in Devonshire, as Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army surprises and routs the Royalist camp of Lord Wentworth. January 19 – Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet, a Royalist fighting for Prince Charles against Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth, is imprisoned for insubordination after proposing to make Cornwall self-governing in order to win Cornish support for the Royalists. After being incarcerated at the tidal island of St Michael's Mount off of the coast of Cornwall, he is allowed to escape in March to avoid capture by Cromwell's troops. January 20 – Francesco Molin is elected as the 99th Doge of Venice after 23 ballots, and governs the Venetian Republic for nine years until his death in 1655. January 21 – Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester is approved by England's House of Commons as the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. February 16 – First English Civil War – Battle of Torrington: A decisive Parliamentary victory is gained over the Royalists. February 28 – Roger Scott is tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church. March 2 – The future Charles II of England escapes from Cornwall into exile across the English Channel. March 6 – Joseph Jenkes obtains the first colonial machine patent, in Massachusetts. March 15 – Start of the Battles of La Naval de Manila, a series of five naval battles fought between the Dutch Republic and Spain in the waters of the Philippines. April–June April 24 – The Union of Uzhorod brings the Ruthenian Greek Orthodox Church into the fold of the Catholic Church while allowing it to retain its Eastern and Rusyn character. April 27 – King Charles I of England flees from Oxford (where he has been overwintering) in disguise and begins his journey to the Scottish army camp near Newark. May 5 – King Charles I of England surrenders his forces to a Scottish army at Southwell, Nottinghamshire. May 6 – American colonial poet Anne Bradstreet becomes a founding mother of Andover Parish (modern-day North Andover), Massachusetts. May 30 – Eighty Years' War: Habsburg Spain and the Dutch Republic sign a temporary cease-fire. June 20 – Third Siege of Oxford