1633

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Years: 1630 1631 1632 - 1633 - 1634 1635 1636

Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1633 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

Events

• February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
• March 1 - Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
• June 22 - Catholic church forces Galileo Galilei to recant his heliocentric view of the solar system. Eppur si muove.

• In Ethiopia, Negus Fasilidas expels foreign missionaries.
• Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu of Japan outlaws Christianity and begins a policy of extreme isolationism.

Births

• February 23 - Samuel Pepys, English civil servant and diarist (d. 1703)
• April 20 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)
• June 1 - Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
• June 16 - Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (d. 1667)
• June 19 - Philipp van Limborch, Dutch protestant theologian (d. 1712)
• July 1 - Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (d. 1698)
• September 8 - Ferdinand IV of Germany (d. 1654)
• October 14 - King James II of England and Ireland/King James VII of Scotland (d. 1701)
• November 3 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714)
• November 11 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer and statesman (d. 1695)
• Willem Drost, Dutch painter and printmaker (d. 1659)

Deaths

• March 1 - George Herbert, English poet and orator (b. 1593)
• August 5 - Archbishop George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1562)
• August 10 - Anthony Munday, English writer (b. 1553)
• August 12 - Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (b. 1561)
• October 25 - Jean Titelouze, French organist
• October 26 - Horio Tadaharu, Japnese warlord (b. 1596)
• November 7 - Cornelius Drebbel, Dutch inventor (b. 1572)
• November 14 - William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
• December 1 - Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (b. 1566)
• Meletius Smotrytsky, Ruthenian religious activist and author (b. 1577)