1635
Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (died 1688)
Philippe Quinault was a French dramatist and librettist.
Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (died 1688)
The 1630s
Explore 49 historical events from 1630–1639.
1634
Katherine Ferrers, English aristocrat and heiress (died 1660)
Katherine Ferrers was an English gentlewoman and heiress. According to popular legend, she was also the "Wicked Lady", a highwaywoman who terrorised the English county of Hertfords…
Katherine Ferrers, English aristocrat and heiress (died 1660)
1634
George Chapman, English poet and playwright (born 1559)
George Chapman was an English dramatist, translator and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism. Chapman is seen as an anticipator of the metaph…
George Chapman, English poet and playwright (born 1559)
1634
Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (born 1585)
Hendrick Avercamp was a Dutch painter during the Dutch Golden Age of painting. He was one of the earliest landscape painters of the 17th-century Dutch school, he specialized in pai…
Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (born 1585)
1633
Willem Drost, Dutch painter (died 1659)
Willem Drost was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker of history paintings and portraits.
Willem Drost, Dutch painter (died 1659)
1633
Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (died 1654)
Tsuguhito , posthumously honored as Emperor Go-Kōmyō , was the 110th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (died 1654)
1633
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French noble (died 1707)
Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban was a French Royal Army officer who served under Louis XIV. One of the most important military engineers in European history, his defensive …
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French noble (died 1707)
1633
Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and academic (died 1687)
Geminiano Montanari was an Italian astronomer, lens-maker, and proponent of the experimental approach to science. He was a member of various learned academies, notably the Accademi…
Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and academic (died 1687)
1632
Catherine of St
Mary Catherine of St. Augustine, OSA was a French canoness regular who was instrumental in the development of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec in the colony of New France. She has been bea…
Catherine of St
1632
Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and politician (died 1706)
Heino Heinrich Reichsgraf von Flemming was a Saxon, later Brandenburger army leader and field marshal and Governor of Berlin.
Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and politician (died 1706)
1632
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (born 1559)
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly was a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War. From 1620 to 1631, he won an unmatched and demoralizing st…
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (born 1559)
1632
Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (born 1566)
Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the …
Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (born 1566)
1632
Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (born 1553)
Robert Hues was an English mathematician and geographer. He attended St. Mary Hall at Oxford, and graduated in 1578. Hues became interested in geography and mathematics, and studie…
Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (born 1553)
1632
Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (born 1572)
Adam Tanner was an Austrian Jesuit theologian.
Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (born 1572)
1631
395 years ago
In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts
Dorchester is a neighborhood comprising more than 6 square miles (16 km2) in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded b…
In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts
1631
395 years ago
The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in
Magdeburg is the capital of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The city is on the Elbe river.
The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in
1631
395 years ago
Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper
La Gazette, originally Gazette de France, was the first weekly magazine published in France. It was founded by Théophraste Renaudot and published its first edition on 30 May 1631. …
Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper
1631
395 years ago
Francesco Maidalchini, Catholic cardinal (died 1700)
Francesco Maidalchini was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Francesco Maidalchini, Catholic cardinal (died 1700)
1631
395 years ago
Stanislaus Papczyński, Polish priest and saint (died 1701)
Stanislaus Papczyński, MIC, born Jan Papczyński and in religion Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, was a Polish Catholic priest who founded the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, the…
Stanislaus Papczyński, Polish priest and saint (died 1701)
1631
395 years ago
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (born 1570)
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington in Huntingdonshire, England, was a Member of Parliament and an antiquarian who founded the Cotton …
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (born 1570)
1630
Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Dutch-English painter (died 1700)
Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten or Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraeten was a Dutch painter of still lifes, in particular floral and vanitas still lifes. He also painted genre scenes and…
Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Dutch-English painter (died 1700)
1630
Charles Cotton, English poet and author (died 1687)
Charles Cotton was an English poet and writer, best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from French, for his contributions to The Compleat Angler, and for the inf…
Charles Cotton, English poet and author (died 1687)
1630
Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai (died 1681)
Katakura Kagenaga was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period, who served as a senior retainer of the Date clan of Sendai han. His childhood name was Sannosueke (三之助) later cha…
Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai (died 1681)
1630
Charles II of England (died 1685)
Charles II was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Charles II of England (died 1685)