1626
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s
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| Years: | 1623 1624 1625 - 1626 - 1627 1628 1629 |
| 1626 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1626 (MDCXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1626
[edit] January - June
- January 9 - Peter Minuit sails from Texel island for America's New Netherland colony, with 2 ships of Dutch emigrants.
- February 2 - King Charles I of England is crowned, but without his wife, Henrietta Maria, who declines to participate in a non-Catholic ceremony.
- February 6 - The Huguenot rebels and French government sign the Peace of La Rochelle.
- April 25 - Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein defeats Earl of Mansfeld.
- May 4 - Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherland for the Dutch West India Company.
- May 24 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from Native American tribe (Lenape or Shinnecock or Canarsie) for trade goods, valued at 60 guilders ("$24").
- June 15 - King Charles I of England disbands the English parliament.
[edit] July - December
- July 5 - Battle at Lenz: The rebel Austrian Boers are defeated.
- July 30 - An earthquake strikes Naples: 10,000 die.
- August 1 - Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz conquers Oldenzaal.
- August 27 - Battle of Lutter: The Catholic League defeats king Christian IV of Denmark.
- September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji.
- September 30 - The battle between King Bethlen Gabor and earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends.
- November 6 - (O.S.) The ship Arms of Amsterdam arrives in Europe from New Netherland (left September 23) with the news: "They have purchased the Island Manhattes [Manhattan] from the Indians for the value of 60 guilders." (from P. Schagen letter dated November 7).
- November 18 - The new St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is consecrated, the anniversary of that of the previous church in 326.
- December 1 - Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh, tyrannical Governor of Jerusalem is forced out.
- December 20 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor and Transylvanian monarch Bethlen Gabor sign the Peace of Pressburg.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1626 MDCXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2379 |
| Armenian calendar | 1075 ԹՎ ՌՀԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -218 – -217 |
| Berber calendar | 2576 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2170 |
| Burmese calendar | 988 |
| Chinese calendar | 4262/4322-12-4 (乙丑年十二月初四日) — to — 4263/4323-11-13(丙寅年十一月十三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1342 – 1343 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1618 – 1619 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5386 – 5387 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1681 – 1682 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1548 – 1549 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4727 – 4728 |
| Holocene calendar | 11626 |
| Iranian calendar | 1004 – 1005 |
| Islamic calendar | 1035 – 1036 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 3 (寛永3年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2286 (皇紀2286年) |
| Julian calendar | 1671 |
| Korean calendar | 3959 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2169 |
- January 16 - Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)
- February 5 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French writer (d. 1696)
- March 12 - John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)
- May 12 - Louis Hennepin, Flemish Catholic missionary in North America (died c1705)
- May 27 - William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)
- August 12 - Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (d. 1690)
- October 4 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
- December 8 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
- December 20 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)
- See also Category:1626 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 24 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580)
- February 7 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
- February 11 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
- February 20 - John Dowland, English composer and lutenist (b. 1563)
- April 9 - Francis Bacon, English scientist and statesman (b. 1561)
- April 11 - Marino Ghetaldi, Croatian scientist (b. 1568)
- May 4 - Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)
- May 17 - Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)
- July 13 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563)
- September 21 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (b. 1543)
- September 25 - Lancelot Andrewes, English scholar (b. 1555)
- September 26 - Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554)
- September 30 - Nurhaci, Chinese chieftain (b. 1559)
- October 2 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)
- October 30 - Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1580)
- November 25 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566)
- November 29 - Ernst von Mansfeld, German soldier (born c1580)
- November 30 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer (born 1576)
- December 8 - John Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
- December 10 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)
- See also Category:1626 deaths.af:1626
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