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| Years: 1625 1626 1627 - 1628 - 1629 1630 1631 | ||||||||||
| Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s | ||||||||||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
- August 10 - The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage in the Stockholm harbor
- September 6 - Puritans settle Salem which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- October 28 – Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
- Charles I reconvenes the English Parliament and accepts the Petition of Right as a concession to gain his subsidies.
- John Felton assassinates George Villiers, duke of Buckingham.
- William Harvey publishes his findings about blood circulation.
- The Collegiate School, today the oldest educational institution in North America, is established.
- Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus, by William Harvey, is published.
Births
- January 8 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695)
- January 10 - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)
- January 12 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
- March 10 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
- March 17 - François Girardon, French sculptor (d. 1715)
- April 23 - Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)
- May 17 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)
- July 11 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
- August 29 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)
- November 28 - John Bunyan, English writer (d. 1688)
- December 25 - Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)
Deaths
- March 12 - John Bull, English composer
- March 29 - Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)
- June 8 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547)
- July 13 - Robert Shirley, English adventurer
- August 6 - Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573)
- August 23 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (b. 1592)
- September 30 - Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English writer (b. 1554)
- October 16 - François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
- November 15 - Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. 1576)
- November 16 - Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer
- Gregor Aichinger, German composer
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