Explore 147 historical events from 1630–1639.
The Boston Latin School is a magnet Latin grammar state school in Boston, Massachusetts. It has been in continuous operation since it was established on April 23, 1635, and is one …
The first public school in the United States, the Boston Latin School, is founded
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war include…
Eighty Years' War: The Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
Frans van Mieris the Elder, was a Dutch Golden Age genre and portrait painter. The leading member of a Leiden family of painters, his sons Jan (1660–1690) and Willem (1662–1747) an…
Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (died 1681)
The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldie…
Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed
Guadeloupe is an overseas department and region of the French Republic in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade,…
Guadeloupe becomes a French colony
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war include…
Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the…
Edward Stillingfleet was an English Christian theologian and scholar. Considered an outstanding preacher as well as a strong polemical writer defending Anglicanism, Stillingfleet w…
Edward Stillingfleet, British theologian and scholar (died 1699)
Johann Joachim Becher was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar, polymath and adventurer, best known for his terra pinguis theory which became the phlogist…
Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (died 1682)
Philippe Quinault was a French dramatist and librettist.
Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (died 1688)
Adam Dollard des Ormeaux is an iconic figure in the history of New France. Arriving in the colony in 1658, Dollard was appointed the position of garrison commander of Fort Ville-Ma…
Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, New France garrison commander (died 1660)
Paul I, 1st Prince Esterházy of Galántha, was the first Prince Esterházy of Galántha from 1687 to 1713, Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1681 to 1713, and an Imperial Field …
Paul I, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince (died 1713)
Friedrich Spee was a German Jesuit priest, professor, and poet, most well known as a forceful opponent of witch trials and one who was an insider writing from the epicenter of the …
Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (born 1591)
Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. In the literature of Spai…
Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (born 1562)
Count Peder Griffenfeld was a Danish statesman and royal favourite. He became the principal adviser to King Christian V of Denmark from 1670 and the de facto ruler of the dual king…
Peder Griffenfeld, Danish lawyer and politician (died 1699)
Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Adriaan Metius, was a Dutch geometer and astronomer, born in Alkmaar. The name "Metius" comes from the Dutch word meten ("measuring"), and therefore me…
Adriaan Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (born 1571)
Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore…
The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
Urbain Grandier was a French Catholic priest who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft, following the events of the so-called "Loudun possessions". Most moder…
Father Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
On 12 September 1634, a Hospitaller gunpowder factory in Valletta, Malta accidentally blew up, killing 22 people and causing severe damage to a number of buildings. The factory had…
A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
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)
Charles Emmanuel II ; 20 June 1634 – 12 June 1675) was Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 4 October 1638 until his death in 1675 and under regency of his mother Ch…
Charles Emmanuel II, duke of Savoy (died 1675)
The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldie…
Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
Pasquier Quesnel, CO was a French Jansenist theologian.
Pasquier Quesnel, French priest and theologian (died 1719)
Johannes Camphuys was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1684 to 1691. Camphuys was born in Haarlem, in the Republic of the United Netherlands.
Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (died 1695)
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)