1628

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
  • 16th century
  • 17th century
  • 18th century
Decades:
Years:
  • 1625
  • 1626
  • 1627
  • 1628
  • 1629
  • 1630
  • 1631
1628 by topic
Arts and science
Leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works category
  • Works
1628 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1628
MDCXXVIII
Ab urbe condita2381
Armenian calendar1077
ԹՎ ՌՀԷ
Assyrian calendar6378
Balinese saka calendar1549–1550
Bengali calendar1035
Berber calendar2578
English Regnal year3 Cha. 1 – 4 Cha. 1
Buddhist calendar2172
Burmese calendar990
Byzantine calendar7136–7137
Chinese calendar丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit)
4324 or 4264
    — to —
戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
4325 or 4265
Coptic calendar1344–1345
Discordian calendar2794
Ethiopian calendar1620–1621
Hebrew calendar5388–5389
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1684–1685
 - Shaka Samvat1549–1550
 - Kali Yuga4728–4729
Holocene calendar11628
Igbo calendar628–629
Iranian calendar1006–1007
Islamic calendar1037–1038
Japanese calendarKan'ei 5
(寛永５年)
Javanese calendar1549–1550
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3961
Minguo calendar284 before ROC
民前284年
Nanakshahi calendar160
Thai solar calendar2170–2171
Tibetan calendar阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
1754 or 1373 or 601
    — to —
阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
1755 or 1374 or 602
September 7–8: Dutch admiral Piet Hein captures the Spanish treasure fleet in the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas.

1628 (MDCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1628th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 628th year of the 2nd millennium, the 28th year of the 17th century, and the 9th year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1628, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events[]

October 28: Cardinal Richelieu at the siege of La Rochelle. Painting by Henri Motte from 1881.


January–June[]

  • January 25 – Shah Jahan is crowned as ruler of the Mughal Empire, in Agra.
  • March 1 – Writs issued in February, by King Charles I, require every county in England (not just seaport towns) to pay ship tax by this date.
  • March 17 – Oliver Cromwell makes his first appearance in the English Parliament, as Member for Huntingdon.
  • May–August 4 – Thirty Years' War: As a result of its refusal to accept the capitulation of Franzburg, Stralsund is besieged by Wallenstein's imperial army.
  • June 7 – King Charles I reconvenes the English Parliament, and accepts the Petition of Right as a concession to gain his subsidies.

July–December[]

  • August 4 – Thirty Years' War: With the help of Danish and Swedish reinforcements, Stralsund is able to resist Wallenstein's siege until the landing of a Danish army, led by Christian IV of Denmark, forces Wallenstein to raise the siege, and move his army to confront the new threat.
  • August 10 – The Swedish 64-gun sailing ship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage, in Stockholm Harbor.
  • August 23 – George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
  • September 2 – Thirty Years' War – Battle of Wolgast: Wallenstein defeats Christian IV of Denmark's army.
  • September 6 – Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]
  • September 7–8 – Eighty Years' War – Battle in the Bay of Matanzas: Dutch admiral Piet Hein captures 16 ships of the Spanish treasure fleet. The immense booty taken brings in over 11 million guilders, part of which is used to fund the entire army of the Dutch Republic for eight months.
  • October 22 – Abaza Mehmed Pasha surrenders to Ottoman forces, ending the Abaza rebellion.
  • October 28 – The siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.[2]

Date unknown[]

  • The War of the Mantuan Succession breaks out over Mantua and Montferrat. The war is fought between the Duke of Savoy, who is supported by Spain, and the Duke of Nevers, who is supported by France.
  • William Harvey publishes Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus in Frankfurt, containing his findings about blood circulation.
  • Publication of Sir Edward Coke's Institutes of the Lawes of England begins with A Commentary upon Littleton. This will remain an influential legal text on both sides of the Atlantic for three centuries.
  • The Collegiate School, the oldest surviving educational institution in North America, is established.
  • The first black slaves arrive in Dutch Manhattan.

Births[]

Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé
Marcello Malpighi
Marek Sobieski
Úrsula Micaela Morata

January–March[]

April–June[]

July–September[]

October–December[]

Probable[]

Deaths[]

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

References[]

  1. ^ Mortimer Jerome Adler (1971). Webster's Guide to American History: A Chronological, Geographical, and Biographical Survey and Compendium. Merriam-Webster. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-87779-081-5.
  2. ^ Mack P. Holt (October 19, 1995). The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629. Cambridge University Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-521-35873-6.
  3. ^ Jane Bingham (1988). Writers for Children: Critical Studies of Major Authors Since the Seventeenth Century. Scribner's. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-684-18165-3.
  4. ^ Edwin Clarke; Charles Donald O'Malley (1996). The Human Brain and Spinal Cord: A Historical Study Illustrated by Writings from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century. Norman Publishing. p. 416. ISBN 978-0-930405-25-0.
  5. ^ Samuel J. Rogal (1991). Calendar of Literary Facts: A Daily and Yearly Guide to Noteworthy Events in World Literature from 1450 to the Present. Gale Research. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8103-2943-0.
  6. ^ Paul Chappell (1970). A Portrait of John Bull, C. 1563-1628. Hereford Cathedral. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-9501011-2-5.
  7. ^ Ronald H. Fritze; William B. Robison (1996). Historical Dictionary of Stuart England, 1603-1689. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-313-28391-8.
Retrieved from ""