Explore 147 historical events from 1630–1639.
Philip Henry was an English Nonconformist clergyman and diarist. His son Matthew Henry was a notable commentator on the Bible and also a Presbyterian minister.
Philip Henry, English minister (died 1696)
Sir Charles Porter was a flamboyant and somewhat controversial English-born politician and judge, who nonetheless enjoyed a highly successful career in Ireland.
Charles Porter, English-born judge (died 1696)
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)
Mumtaz Mahal was the empress of the Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1631 as the chief consort of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal in Agra, often cited as one of the W…
Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal princess (born 1593)
Cesare Cremonini, sometimes Cesare Cremonino, was an Italian academic and professor of natural philosophy. His Latinized name was Cæsar Cremoninus or Cæsar Cremonius. Considered on…
Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and academic (born 1550)
Guillén de Castro y Mateo was a Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age. He was distinguished member of the "Nocturnos", a Spanish version of the "Academies" in Italy.
Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish playwright (born 1569)
Sir Nicholas Hyde was Lord Chief Justice of England.
Nicholas Hyde, Lord Chief Justice of England (bornc. 1572)
John Smith was an English soldier, explorer, admiral of New England, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, and his friend Mózes…
John Smith, English admiral and explorer (born 1580)
Konstantinas Sirvydas was a Lithuanian religious preacher, lexicographer, and one of the pioneers of Lithuanian literature from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, at the time a confeder…
Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (born 1579)
Mumtaz Mahal was the empress of the Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1631 as the chief consort of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal in Agra, often cited as one of the W…
Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years
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: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
The Kingdom of Kandy was a Sinhalese monarchy on the island of Sri Lanka, located in the central and eastern portion of the island. It was founded in the late 15th century and endu…
Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.
The Parliamentarians, commonly called Roundheads by their enemies and in modern historiography, were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–…
A parliamentarian army defeats a royalist army under James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, in the battle of Wigan Lane…
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It serves as a cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United St…
The city of Boston, Massachusetts, is founded in North America.
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)
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)
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)
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)
Samuel Oppenheimer was an Ashkenazi Jewish banker, imperial court diplomat, factor, and military supplier for the Holy Roman Emperor. He enjoyed the special favor of Emperor Leopol…
Samuel Oppenheimer, German Jewish banker and diplomat (died 1703)
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh was an English statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1672 when he was created Baron Clifford. He was one of five l…
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1673)
Marie-Madeleine d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers was a French aristocrat who was convicted of murdering her father and two of her brothers in order to inherit their estates. Afte…
Madame de Brinvilliers, French aristocrat (died 1676)
Estephan El Douaihy or Istifan al-Duwayhi was the 57th Patriarch of the Maronite Church, serving from 1670 until his death. He was born in Ehden, Lebanon.
Estephan El Douaihy, Maronite patriarch (died 1704)
Ranuccio II Farnese was the sixth Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1646 until his death nearly 50 years later. He was also the Duke of Castro from 1646 until 1649.
Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (died 1694)
Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné was a French poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler. His epic poem Les Tragiques (1616) is widely regarded as his masterpiece. In a book about his Ca…
Agrippa d'Aubigné, French soldier and poet (born 1552)