1626

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Years: 1623 1624 1625 - 1626 - 1627 1628 1629

Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1626 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

Events

• September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji.
• Spanish establish a trading colony on Taiwan.
• Peter Minuit, director of the New Netherland colony, begins a policy of "purchasing" Manhattan from the Lenape.
• Work begins on building the sailing ship Vasa.
• The Duchy of Urbino is incorporated into the Papal States.
• The English Parliament impeach George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, favorite of Charles I of England.
• Charles I dissolves Parliament.
• The Dutch settle Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam. The town would transform into a piece of what is now New York City.

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
• 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 18 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
• December 20 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)

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, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier
• November 30 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer
• December 8 - John Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
• December 10 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)