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| Years: 1624 1625 1626 - 1627 - 1628 1629 1630 | ||||||||||
| Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s | ||||||||||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- July 22 - English under the Duke of Buckingham invade the Ré Island in support of the huguenots in La Rochelle. The invasion does not go well.
- A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia.
- The aurochs are hunted to extinction, the last being killed by poachers in Poland.
- England places the first European settlers on Barbados.
- Siege of La Rochelle begins.
- Korea becomes a tributary state of China.
- Black gun powder is first used in mining, in a mineshaft under Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia.
Births
- January 25 - Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (d. 1691)
- March 27 - Sir Stephen Fox, English statesman (d. 1716)
- May 29 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (d. 1693)
- September 27 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (d. 1704)
- November 29 - John Ray, English biologist (d. 1705)
- Sir John Flavel, English dissenter (d. 1691)
- Philip Fruytiers, Flemish painter (d. 1666)
- Roland Roghman, Dutch painter (d. 1692)
Deaths
- February 22 - Olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558)
- March 6 - Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)
- April 19 - Sir John Beaumont, English poet (b. 1583)
- May 2 - Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)
- May 24 - Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (b. 1561)
- June 27 - Sir John Hayward, English historian
- August 21 - Jacques Mauduit, French composer (b. 1557)
- September 20 - Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar (b. 1560)
- October 28 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1569)
- Thomas Middleton, English playwright (b. 1580)
- Sir John Suckling, English politician (b. 1569)
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