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Years:
1633 1634 1635 - 1636 - 1637 1638 1639
Decades:
1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s
Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century

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Events

February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers
March 26 - Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands.
September 8 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes Harvard College as the first college founded in the Americas.
December 13 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
Harvard University is established by order of the General Court of Massachusetts.
The first American ancestor of John Adams emigrates to Massachusetts.
Dedham, Massachusetts is incorporated.
First performance of Pierre Corneille's play, Le Cid
Manchurian Later Jin dynasty was renamed to Qing Dynasty.
Shogun forbids Japanese to travel abroad and those abroad from returning home
Roger Williams (theologian) founds Rhode Island

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