1626

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
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  • 17th century
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  • 1623
  • 1624
  • 1625
  • 1626
  • 1627
  • 1628
  • 1629
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1626 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1626
MDCXXVI
Ab urbe condita2379
Armenian calendar1075
ԹՎ ՌՀԵ
Assyrian calendar6376
Balinese saka calendar1547–1548
Bengali calendar1033
Berber calendar2576
English Regnal year1 Cha. 1 – 2 Cha. 1
Buddhist calendar2170
Burmese calendar988
Byzantine calendar7134–7135
Chinese calendar乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
4322 or 4262
    — to —
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
4323 or 4263
Coptic calendar1342–1343
Discordian calendar2792
Ethiopian calendar1618–1619
Hebrew calendar5386–5387
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1682–1683
 - Shaka Samvat1547–1548
 - Kali Yuga4726–4727
Holocene calendar11626
Igbo calendar626–627
Iranian calendar1004–1005
Islamic calendar1035–1036
Japanese calendarKan'ei 3
(寛永３年)
Javanese calendar1547–1548
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3959
Minguo calendar286 before ROC
民前286年
Nanakshahi calendar158
Thai solar calendar2168–2169
Tibetan calendar阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
1752 or 1371 or 599
    — to —
阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
1753 or 1372 or 600
April 25: Battle of Dessau Bridge

1626 (MDCXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1626th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 626th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1626, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events[]

July 30: Naples earthquake.

January–June[]

  • January 7 – Polish-Swedish War: Battle of Wallhof in Latvia – Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, defeats a Polish army.
  • January 9 – Peter Minuit sails from Texel Island for America's New Netherland colony, with two 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.[1]
  • February 2–10 – Battle of Ningyuan in Xingcheng, Liaoning, China: With a much smaller force, the Ming dynasty commander Yuan Chonghuan defeats the Manchu tribal leader Nurhaci, who dies soon after and is succeeded by Huang Taiji.
  • February 5 – The Huguenot rebels and the French government sign the Treaty of Paris, ending the second Huguenot rebellion.
  • February 11 – Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Roman Catholicism the state religion of Ethiopia.
  • April 25 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Dessau Bridge – Albrecht von Wallenstein defeats Ernst von Mansfelds army.
  • May 4 – Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherland, for the Dutch West India Company.
  • May 24 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from a Native American tribe (Lenape or Shinnecock) for trade goods, valued at 60 guilders ($24.00).
  • May 30 – Wanggongchang Explosion in Beijing, China: a gunpowder factory explosion destroys part of the city and kills 20,000.[2]
  • June 15 – King Charles I of England dissolves the English Parliament.[3]

July–December[]

  • August 1 – Eighty Years' War: Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz retakes Oldenzaal, forcing Spain to withdraw from Overijssel.
  • August 27 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Lutter – Tilly defeats King Christian IV of Denmark's army.[4]
  • September 30 – Nurhaci, chief of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing dynasty, dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji.
  • 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."[5]
  • November 18 – The new St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is consecrated, on the 1,300th anniversary 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.

Date unknown[]

  • 1626 influenza pandemic begins in Asia, then spreads into Europe, Africa, North America,[6][7] and South America[6]
  • The Würzburg and Bamberg witch trials, which will lead to the mass executions of hundreds of people until 1630/31, begin.
  • Samuel de Champlain decides to build Cap tourmente (Kap toor-mont) Farm to raise livestock to provide food for settlers in Quebec, rather than depending on supplies sent from France.[8]


Births[]

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné
Louis Hennepin
Richard Ottley

January–March[]

April–June[]

July–September[]

October–December[]

Deaths[]

Francis Bacon died 9 April
Isabella Brant died 15 July
Antonio Franco (blessed) died 2 September
Nurhaci died 30 September
Juraj V Zrinski died 28 December

References[]

  1. ^ Eugene M. Waith (1988). Patterns and Perspectives in English Renaissance Drama. University of Delaware Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-87413-325-7.
  2. ^ "Solving a Mystery of 400 Years - An Explanation to the "explosion" in Downtown Beijing in the Year of 1626 - Research Paper". www.allbestessays.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Parliament of 1626". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  4. ^ Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1890). Gustavus Adolphus: A History of the Art of War from Its Revival After the Middle Ages to the End of the Spanish Succession War... Houghton, Mifflin. p. 1.
  5. ^ From P. Schagen letter dated November 7.
  6. ^ a b Sen, Rajendra Kumar (1923). A Treatise on Influenza: With Special Reference to the Pandemic of 1918. p. 7.
  7. ^ Annals of Medical History. P.B. Hoeber. 1933. p. 537.
  8. ^ Champlain describes the construction in one of his journals.
  9. ^ Chevalier, Tracy (1997). Encyclopedia of the essay. London Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. p. 764. ISBN 9781884964305.
  10. ^ John Britton (August 28, 2014). A Memoir of John Aubrey. Cambridge University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-108-07344-8.
  11. ^ Brilliana Harley (1854). Letters of the Lady Brilliana Harley, Wife of Sir Robert Harley, of Brampton Bryan, Knight of the Bath. Camden Society. p. xx.
  12. ^ David Mason Greene; Constance Green (1985). Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers. Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-385-14278-6.
  13. ^ Robert William Ramsey (1935). Richard Cromwell: Protector of England. Longmans, Green. p. 3.
  14. ^ Diana Poulton (January 1, 1982). John Dowland. University of California Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-520-04649-8.
  15. ^ "Francis Bacon | Biography, Philosophy, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  16. ^ "Howard, Thomas (1561-1626)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  17. ^ Hay, Millicent (1984). The life of Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester (1563-1626. Washington D.C: Folger Shakespeare Library. p. 229. ISBN 9780918016706.
  18. ^ Leonie James (2017). 'This Great Firebrand': William Laud and Scotland, 1617-1645. Boydell & Brewer. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-78327-219-8.
  19. ^ "Davies, John (1569-1626), of the Middle Temple, London and Englefield, Berks". History of Parliament online. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
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