1632

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This article is about the year 1632. For the novel by Eric Flint, see 1632 (novel).
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
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  • 17th century
  • 18th century
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  • 1634
  • 1635
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1632 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1632
MDCXXXII
Ab urbe condita2385
Armenian calendar1081
ԹՎ ՌՁԱ
Assyrian calendar6382
Balinese saka calendar1553–1554
Bengali calendar1039
Berber calendar2582
English Regnal year7 Cha. 1 – 8 Cha. 1
Buddhist calendar2176
Burmese calendar994
Byzantine calendar7140–7141
Chinese calendar辛未年 (Metal Goat)
4328 or 4268
    — to —
壬申年 (Water Monkey)
4329 or 4269
Coptic calendar1348–1349
Discordian calendar2798
Ethiopian calendar1624–1625
Hebrew calendar5392–5393
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1688–1689
 - Shaka Samvat1553–1554
 - Kali Yuga4732–4733
Holocene calendar11632
Igbo calendar632–633
Iranian calendar1010–1011
Islamic calendar1041–1042
Japanese calendarKan'ei 9
(寛永９年)
Javanese calendar1553–1554
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3965
Minguo calendar280 before ROC
民前280年
Nanakshahi calendar164
Thai solar calendar2174–2175
Tibetan calendar阴金羊年
(female Iron-Goat)
1758 or 1377 or 605
    — to —
阳水猴年
(male Water-Monkey)
1759 or 1378 or 606
April 15: The Battle of Rain.

1632 (MDCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1632nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 632nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1630s decade. As of the start of 1632, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events[]

November 16: King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is killed in the Battle of Lützen.
January 31: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, painted by Rembrandt.


January–June[]

  • January – The Holland's Leguer, a brothel in London, is closed after having been besieged for a month.
  • February 22 – Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published in Florence.
  • March – Thirty Years' War: Gustavus Adolphus invades Bavaria with his army.
  • March 9 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Bamberg – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, commander of the Catholic League, defeats the Swedish army under Gustav Horn, and recaptures the town of Bamberg.
  • March 29 – The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is signed, returning Quebec to French control, after the English had seized it in 1629.[1]
  • April 15 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Rain – Gustavus Adolphus defeats Tilly's Catholic League armies for the second time within a year; Tilly is severely wounded during the battle and dies on April 30. The same German forces were retreated during the Battle of Pavia in 1525.
  • May 17 – Thirty Years' War: Munich, capital of Bavaria, is captured by the Swedish army.
  • June 15 – Sir Francis Windebank is made chief Secretary of State in England.
  • June 17 – Shah Jahan's beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal dies, after giving birth to their 14th child. Soon after, construction of the Taj Mahal, begins.
  • June 20 – Charles I of England issues a charter for the colony of Maryland (named in honor of Henrietta Maria), under the control of Lord Baltimore.
  • June 20 – Two ships, Saint Jean (250 tons) and L'Esperance-en-Dieu, set sail from La Rochelle in France bound for Acadia in North America.
  • June 25 – Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia in succession to his father Susenyos, declares the state religion of the country again to be Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and confiscates the lands of the Jesuit missionaries, relegating them to Fremona.
  • June 30 – The University of Tartu is founded.[2]
  • June – Eighty Years' War: Leading a Dutch army, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange captures in short succession the cities of Venlo, Roermond and Sittard, before besieging the city of Maastricht.

July–December[]

  • July 23 – Three hundred colonists for New France depart Dieppe.
  • August 22 – Eighty Years' War: A Dutch army, led by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, captures the city of Maastricht after a two-month siege.
  • September 1 – Battle of Castelnaudary: A rebellion against French king Louis XIII is crushed. The leader of the rebellion, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the brother of Louis XIII, surrenders.[3]
  • September 9 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of the Alte Veste – Besieged by Wallenstein at Nuremberg, Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus attempts to break the siege, but is defeated.
  • October 15 – The University of Tartu officially opens, in Swedish Livonia.
  • October 30 – Henri II de Montmorency, is executed for his participation in the rebellion of Gaston, Duke of Orléans, against French king Louis XIII.
  • November 8 – Wladyslaw IV Waza is elected king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, after Sigismund III Vasa's death.
  • November 16 (November 6 Old Style) – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Lützen[4] in Saxony – Swedish king Gustavus II Adolphus leads an assault on Wallenstein's army, but is killed early in the battle, despite which the Swedish commanders manage to rally the army and eventually defeat Wallenstein, who withdraws from Saxony. Following the death of Gustavus Adolphus, he is succeeded as ruler of Sweden by his six-year-old daughter Christina, while five regents (headed by Axel Oxenstierna) govern the country. On November 17, Gottfried zu Pappenheim, Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, dies from wounds sustained in the battle.

Date unknown[]

  • Antigua and Barbuda is first colonized by England.
  • The Portuguese are driven out of Bengal.
  • Yakutsk, Russia is founded.
  • King Władysław IV Vasa of Poland forbids anti-Semitic books and printings.
  • The rural parish of Loppi was founded.[5]
  • Construction of the Taj Mahal begins.
  • Catharina Stopia succeeds her spouse as Sweden's ambassador to Russia, becoming perhaps the first female diplomat in Europe.[6]
  • Approximate date – Last inhabitants leave the original city of Reimerswaal in Zeeland.

Births[]

Adam Frans van der Meulen
Christopher Wren
Erik Benzelius the Elder
Abbas II of Persia
Baruch Spinoza

January–March[]

April–June[]

  • April 2 – Georg Caspar Wecker, German composer (d. 1695)
  • April 6
    • Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1649)
    • Simon Philip, Count of Lippe-Detmold (1636–1650) (d. 1650)
  • April 12 – Henry Chauncy, British antiquarian (d. 1719)
  • April 19 – Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, Member of Parliament (d. 1673)
  • April 21 – Sir Hugh Smith, 1st Baronet, English Member of Parliament (d. 1680)
  • May 1 – Friedrich Spanheim the Younger, Calvinist theologian (d. 1701)
  • May 3 – Catherine of St. Augustine, French nun, nurse of New France (d. 1668)
  • May 8 – Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal, Governor of Berlin (d. 1706)
  • May 13 – Nicolas Pitau, Flemish-born French engraver (d. 1671)
  • May 15 – Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (d. 1668)
  • May 16 – Jeremias van Rensselaer, Dutch colonial governor (d. 1674)
  • May 17 – John Hall, English politician (d. 1711)
  • May 21 – Feodosia Morozova, Russian religious dissident martyr (d. 1675)
  • June 10 – Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (d. 1710)
  • June 14 – Jean Gallois, French scholar and abbé (d. 1707)

July–September[]

October–December[]

Date unknown[]

  • Bárbara Coronel, Spanish actress (d. 1691)
  • Anne de La Grange-Trianon, French courtier (d. 1707)
  • Louise Boyer, French duchess and courtier (d. 1697)

Deaths[]

Tokugawa Hidetada
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

References[]

  1. ^ William Leo Lucey (1957). The Catholic Church in Maine. M. Jones Company. p. 6.
  2. ^ Seppo Zetterberg (2007). Viron Historia (in Finnish). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 9517465203.
  3. ^ David Eggenberger (January 1, 1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. Courier Corporation. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-486-24913-1.
  4. ^ Franklin D. Margiotta (1994). Brassey's Encyclopedia of Military History and Biography. Brassey's. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-02-881096-6.
  5. ^ Loppi-info (in Finnish)
  6. ^ Liljedahl, Otto Ragnar (1935). Sveriges första kvinnliga diplomat.: Egenten Johan Möllers maka Catharina Stopia. ut: Personhistorisk tidskrift 1934. Stockholm. Libris 2776256.
  7. ^ J. D. Mabbott (June 18, 1973). John Locke. Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-349-00229-0.
  8. ^ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (April 23, 2007). Christopher Wren. Oxford University Press, UK. p. 1641. ISBN 978-0-19-164752-9.
  9. ^ Tech Engineering News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1956. p. 22.
  10. ^ Norbert Schneider; Johannes Vermeer (1994). Jan Vermeer, 1632-1675: Veiled Emotions. Benedikt Taschen. p. 7. ISBN 978-3-8228-9046-2.
  11. ^ Baruch de Spinoza; Benedictus de Spinoza (February 27, 1994). A Spinoza Reader: The Ethics and Other Works. Princeton University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-691-00067-1.
  12. ^ BBC Music Magazine. BBC Magazines. 1996. p. 36.
  13. ^ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1998. p. 795. ISBN 978-0-85229-663-9.
  14. ^ Thomas Dekker (September 11, 1999). The Shoemaker's Holiday: Thomas Dekker. Manchester University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7190-3099-4.
  15. ^ Franz Daxecker (2004). The Physicist and Astronomer Christopher Scheiner: Biography, Letters, Works. Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck. p. 15. ISBN 978-3-901249-69-3.
  16. ^ The American-Scandinavian review. 1932. p. 79.
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