1626

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Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1590s  1600s  1610s  - 1620s -  1630s  1640s  1650s
Years:	1623 1624 1625 - 1626 - 1627 1628 1629

1626 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

Art - Literature - Music - Science

Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

Year 1626 (MDCXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Contents 1 Events of 1626 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events of 1626

January - June

• January 9 - Peter Minuit sails from Texel island for America's New Netherland colony, with 2 ships of Dutch emigrants.
• February 2 - King Charles I of England is crowned, but without his wife, Henrietta Maria, who declines to participate in a non-Catholic ceremony.
• February 6 - The Huguenot rebels and French government sign the Peace of La Rochelle.
• April 25 - Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein defeats Earl of Mansfeld.
• May 4 - Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherland for the Dutch West India Company.
• May 24 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from Native American tribe (Lenape or Shinnecock or Canarsie) for trade goods, valued at 60 guilders ("$24").
• June 15 - King Charles I of England disbands the English parliament.

July - December

• July 5 - Battle at Lenz: The rebel Austrian Boers are defeated.
• July 30 - An earthquake strikes Naples: 10,000 die.
• August 1 - Earl Earnest Casimir conquerors Oldenzaal.
• August 27 - Battle of Lutter: The Catholic League defeats king Christian IV of Denmark.
• September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji.
• September 30 - The battle between king Bethlen Gabor and earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends.
• November 6 - (O.S.) The ship Arms of Amsterdam arrives in Europe from New Netherland (left September 23) with the news: "They have purchased the Island Manhattes [Manhattan] from the Indians for the value of 60 guilders." (from P. Schagen letter dated November 7).
• November 18 - The new St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is consecrated, the anniversary of that of the previous church in 326.
• December 1 - Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh, tyrannical Governor of Jerusalem is forced out.
• December 20 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor and Transylvanian monarch Bethlen Gabor sign the Peace of Pressburg.

Undated

• Chinese forces under Yuan Chonghuan scores an overwhelming victory against Manchurian forces at the Battle of Ningyuan; Manchurians advance to China is halted, the Manchurian Emperor Nurhaci dies shortly after due to battle wounds.
• Spanish establish a trading colony on Taiwan.
• Peter Minuit, director of the New Netherland colony, begins a policy of "purchasing" Manhattan from the Lenape.
• In Sweden, work begins on building the sailing ship Vasa.
• The Duchy of Urbino is incorporated into the Papal States.
• The English Parliament impeach George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, favorite of Charles I of England.
• Charles I dissolves Parliament.
• The Dutch settle Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam. The town would transform into a piece of what is now New York City.
• In New England, the Town (later City) of Salem, Massachusetts is founded at Naumkeag

Births

1626 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1626 MDCXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2379
Armenian calendar	1075 ԹՎ ՌՀԵ
Bahá'í calendar	-218 – -217
Buddhist calendar	2170
Chinese calendar	4262/4322-12-4 (乙丑年十二月初四日) — to — 4263/4323-11-13 (丙寅年十一月十三日)
Ethiopian calendar	1618 – 1619
Hebrew calendar	5386 – 5387
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1681 – 1682
- Shaka Samvat	1548 – 1549
- Kali Yuga	4727 – 4728
Holocene calendar	11626
Iranian calendar	1004 – 1005
Islamic calendar	1035 – 1036
Japanese calendar	Kan'ei 3 (寛永3年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2286 (皇紀2286年)
- Jōmon Era	11626
Julian calendar	1671
Korean calendar	3959
Thai solar calendar	2169
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• January 16 - Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)
• February 5 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French writer (d. 1696)
• March 12 - John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)
• May 12 - Louis Hennepin, Flemish Catholic missionary in North America (died c1705)
• May 27 - William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)
• August 12 - Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (d. 1690)
• October 4 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
• December 18 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
• December 20 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)

See also Category:1626 births.

Deaths

• January 24 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580)
• February 7 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
• February 11 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
• February 20 - John Dowland, English composer and lutenist (b. 1563)
• April 9 - Francis Bacon, English scientist and statesman (b. 1561)
• April 11 - Marin Getaldić, Croatian scientist (b. 1568)
• May 4 - Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)
• May 17 - Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)
• July 13 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563)
• September 21 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (b. 1543)
• September 25 - Lancelot Andrewes, English scholar (b. 1555)
• September 26 - Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554)
• September 30 - Nurhaci, Chinese chieftain (b. 1559)
• October 2 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)
• October 30 - Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1580)
• November 25 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566)
• November 29 - Ernst von Mansfeld, German soldier (born c1580)
• November 30 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer (born 1576)
• December 8 - John Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
• December 10 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)

See also Category:1626 deaths.

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