Rulers:
• Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665)
• Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658)
Deaths:
• Descartes, René (1596-1650)
• Doomer, Herman (c.1595-1650)
Literature:
• Molière (1622-1673): The Jealousy of Le Barbouillé (1650)
Architecture:
• Richmond Palace, Surrey (England) destroyed.
Art:
• Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680): Corpus (c.1650)
• Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680): Francesco I d’Este (1650-51)
• Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663): Allegoria dell’Astrologia sferica (1650-55)
• Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663): La Morte di Cleopatra (c.1645-55)
• Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Mendicante (c.1650)
• Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): San Bartolomeo nel martirio (c.1650)
• Guercino (1591-1666): Amnon e Tamar (1649-50)
• Guercino (1591-1666): San Girolamo nel deserto (c.1650)
• Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666): Portrait of a Man (early 1650s)
• Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678): Allegorical Family Portrait (early 1650s)
• Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678): Diana Resting (c.1640-50)
• Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678): The Betrayal of Christ (late 1650s)
• Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): La Anunciación (c.1650)
• Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Magdalena penitente (c.1650-65)
• Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Sagrada Familia del pajarito (c.1650)
• Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Santa Rosa de Viterbo (c.1650)
• Post, Frans (1612-1680): A Brazilian Landscape (1650)
• Post, Frans (1612-1680): Brazilian Landscape (1650s)
• Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665): Jupiter enfant nourri par les nymphes (c.1650)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): A Bearded Man in a Cap (late 1650s)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Hendrickje Stoffels (mid-1650s)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of a Man (1650-60)
• Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652): L’Adorazione dei pastori (1650)
• Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660): Autorretrato (c.1650)
• Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660): La costurera (c.1640-50)
• Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660): Venus del Espejo (1647-51)
• Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664): Bodegón con cacharros (c.1650)
• Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664): Cristo crucificado, con un pintor (c.1650)
• Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664): S.Jerónimo con S.Paula y S.Eustoquio (1640-50)