Explore 187 historical events from 1630–1639.
John Marston was an English playwright, poet and satirist during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods. His career as a writer lasted only a decade. His work is remembere…
John Marston, English poet and playwright (born 1576)
William Noy was an English jurist.
William Noy, English lawyer and judge (born 1577)
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…
Urbain Grandier, French priest (born 1590)
Sir Edward Coke was an English barrister, judge, and politician. He is often considered the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.
Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1552)
Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
Willem Drost was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker of history paintings and portraits.
Willem Drost, Dutch painter (died 1659)
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)
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)
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) is a department of the Roman Curia in charge of the religious discipline of the Catholic Church. The Dicastery is the oldest among…
The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Univ
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)
Jean de Thévenot was a French traveller in Asia, who wrote extensively about his journeys. He was also a linguist, natural scientist and botanist.
Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (died 1667)
Philipp van Limborch was a Dutch Remonstrant theologian and a fierce opponent of the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza's in the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. He befriended John Locke,…
Philipp van Limborch, Dutch author and theologian (died 1712)
Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian, was born at Bäretswil, in the Canton of Zürich.
Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author (died 1698)
Sir Joseph Williamson, PRS was an English civil servant, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1665 and 1701 and in the Irish House o…
Joseph Williamson, English politician (died 1701)
Sebastian Knüpfer was a German composer, conductor and educator. He was the Thomaskantor, cantor of the Thomanerchor in Leipzig and director of the towns's church music, from 1657 …
Sebastian Knüpfer, German cantor and composer (died 1676)
Ferdinand IV was made and crowned King of Bohemia in 1646, King of Hungary and Croatia in 1647, and King of the Romans on 31 May 1653. He also served as Duke of Cieszyn.
Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (died 1654)
Bernardino Ramazzini was an Italian physician. He has been considered as a founder of occupational medicine with his book on occupational diseases, De Morbis Artificum Diatriba pub…
Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (died 1714)
James II and VII was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from February 1685 until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The last Cat…
James II of England (died 1701)
George Abbot was an English bishop who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 to 1633. He also served as the fourth chancellor of the University of Dublin, from 1612 to 1633.
George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (born 1562)
Horio Tadaharu was a tozama daimyō in Japan during the Edo period. His father was Horio Tadauji and his grandfather was Horio Yoshiharu. He was the third leader of the Matsue clan.
Horio Tadaharu, Japanese daimyō (born 1596)
Jean (Jehan) Titelouze was a French Catholic priest, composer, poet and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He was a canon and organist at Rouen Cathedral. …
Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (born 1562/3)
The Smolensk War (1632–1634) was fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia.
Smolensk War: Forces from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth broke the Russian siege of Smolensk (depicted).
The Battle of Liaoluo Bay took place in 1633 off the coast of Fujian, China; involving the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Chinese Ming dynasty's navies. The battle was foug…
At the Battle of Liaoluo Bay Ming Chinese naval forces defeated a Dutch East India Company fleet in the Taiwan Strait,…
The University of Tartu is a public research university in Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia, as well as the largest and oldest university in the country.
The University of Tartu is founded