Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1590s  1600s  1610s  - 1620s -  1630s  1640s  1650s
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

Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

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).

Events of 1626

May 24: Peter Minuit.

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 9, Francis Bacon dies of pneumomonia
• April 25 - Battle of 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 a 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.

July - December

July 30: Naples earthquake.

• July 5 - Battle of Lenz: The rebel Austrian Boers are defeated.
• July 30 - An earthquake strikes Naples, killing 10,000.
• 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.

Undated

• The 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.

Births

• 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 (d. c. 1705)
• 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.

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 - Marin Getaldić, 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 (b. c. 1580)
• November 30 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer (b. 1576)
• December 8 - John Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
• December 10 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)

See also Category:1626 deaths.