Events from 1640 in Catalonia.
Incumbents Count of Barcelona – Philip III (suspended after 10 September) President of the Generalitat of Catalonia – Pau Claris
Events 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 (States-General), an extraordinary council, which assumes the sovereignty and suspends the Monarchy. 16 December – On its way to Barcelona, Spanish armies perpetrate the Cambrils massacre.
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