title: 1646
text: The year 1646 was a common year which started on Monday.
  
  Events
   February 16 – First English Civil War: The Battle of Great Torrington, Devon, the last major battle of the conflict, is fought.
   December 21 – Temperatures around the world start to decline as part of the Little Ice Age.
  
  Deaths
   December 22 – Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)