Explore 207 historical events from 1620–1629.
Ferdinand Charles was the Archduke of Further Austria, including Tyrol, from 1632 to 1662. He was the firstborn son of Archduke Leopold V of Further Austria and Claudia de' Medici.…
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (died 1662)
Marek Sobieski was a Polish nobleman, starosta of Krasnystaw and Jaworów, and the older brother of King John III Sobieski of Poland. He graduated from Nowodworek College in Kraków …
Marek Sobieski, Polish noble (died 1652)
The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magn…
The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted royal assent by Charles I and becomes law
Vasa is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. She fell into obscurity afte…
The Swedish warship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage off Stockholm.
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining tha…
Puritans settle Salem, which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine o…
French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months.
Tokugawa Mitsukuni , also known as Mito Kōmon , was a Japanese daimyo who was known for his influence in the politics of the early Edo period. He was the third son of Tokugawa Yori…
Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (died 1701)
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk was an English nobleman and politician. He was the second son of Henry Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel, and Lady Elizabeth Stuart. He succeeded his b…
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (died 1684)
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC was an English landowner who served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was rewarded for his services after the 1660 Stu…
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1701)
Rudolph Goclenius the Elder was a German scholastic philosopher. He is sometimes credited with coining the term psychology in 1590, though the term had been used by Pier Nicola Cas…
Rudolph Goclenius, German lexicographer and philosopher (born 1547)
Robert Shirley was an English traveller and adventurer, younger brother of Anthony Shirley and Thomas Shirley. He is notable for his role in modernizing and improving the Military …
Robert Shirley, English soldier and diplomat (born 1581)
Johannes Junius was the mayor of Bamberg, and a victim of the Bamberg witch trials, who wrote a letter to his daughter from jail while he awaited execution for witchcraft.
Johannes Junius, German lawyer and politician (born 1573)
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, was an English courtier and statesman who was a notable patron of the arts. He was a favourite and self-described "lover" of King James VI …
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1592)
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman who served in the House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1621, when he was raised to …
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1554)
François de Malherbe was a French poet, critic, and translator.
François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (born 1555)
Vasa is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. She fell into obscurity afte…
The Swedish warship Vasa sank shortly after departing Stockholm on her maiden voyage to take part in the Thirty Years'…
Johann Abraham Ihle was a German amateur astronomer from Leipzig.
Johann Abraham Ihle, German astronomer (died 1699)
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten was a Dutch Golden Age painter, who was also a poet and author on art theory.
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (died 1678)
Itō Jinsai , who also went by the pen name Keisai, was a Japanese Confucian philosopher. He is considered to be one of the most influential Confucian scholars of seventeenth centur…
Itō Jinsai, Japanese philosopher (died 1705)
Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet was a French Catholic prelate and theologian who served as Bishop of Meaux from 1681 until his death in 1704. Renowned for his sermons, addresses and…
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (died 1704)
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana was an Italian composer, teacher, and Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor Observants. He was the first significant figure to make use of the n…
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer and educator (born 1560)
The 1627 Gargano earthquake struck Gargano and part of Tavoliere, southern Italy, at about mid-day on 30 July 1627. A "very large earthquake" caused a major tsunami, the largest se…
An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy.
Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, known as La Grande Mademoiselle, was the only daughter of Gaston d'Orléans with his first wife, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Mo…
Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French princess (died 1693)
Luis de Góngora y Argote was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet and a Catholic priest at Córdoba Cathedral. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered th…
Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet and cleric (born 1561)