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| + | * [[January 1]] – [[Anthony van Diemen]] takes office as [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (now Indonesia), and will hold that position until his death in 1645. | ||
| + | * [[February 21]] – [[Al Walid ben Zidan]], [[List of rulers of Morocco|Sultan of Morocco]], is assassinated by French renegades. | ||
| + | * [[March 5]] (February 24 [[Old Style]]) – King [[Christian IV of Denmark and Norway]] gives an order, that all [[beggar]]s that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen, to build ships or to work as [[galley]] rowers. | ||
| + | * [[March 13]] (March 3 [[Old Style]]) – A "great charter" to the [[University of Oxford]] establishes the [[Oxford University Press]], as the second of the [[privileged presses]] in England.<ref>"A Short History of Oxford University Press". Oxford University Press. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-30</ref> | ||
| + | *[[March 20]]: [[Axel Oxenstierna]] negotiates the [[Treaty of Wismar]], by which [[Sweden]], whose resources had been seriously tested by incessant wars, obtains a promise of subsidies from [[France]] to continue the war.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=k0KtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63</ref> | ||
| + | * [[April 30]] – [[Eighty Years' War]]: The nine-month [[Siege of Schenkenschans]] ends, when forces of the Dutch Republic recapture the strategically important fort from the Spanish. | ||
| + | * [[June 20]] – [[Roger Williams]] and other Puritan settlers become founders of the colony of [[Providence Plantations]], which later joins neighbouring territory to become the [[colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]]. The area today is the U.S. state of [[Rhode Island]]. | ||
| + | * [[June 22]] – The [[Battle of Tornavento]] is fought in north-west Italy in the course of the [[Thirty Years' War]], as France and Savoy respond to an attack by Spain. While the battle is a stalemate, the city of [[Castano Primo]] is heavily damaged. | ||
| + | * [[July 10]] – The Senate of the Venetian Republic votes, 82 to 4, in favor of renewing the charter of Jewish merchants to sell within the city, after a delay of almost six months. <ref>Simone Luzzatto, ''Discourse on the State of the Jews'' (De Gruyter, 2019) p. 257</ref> | ||
| + | * [[July 30]] – In France, [[Cardinal Richelieu]] persuades King Louis XIII to issue an ''ordonnance'' excusing the French nobility from military service if they pay a tax which allows the hiring of paid cavalry. <ref>Stéphane Thion, ''French Armies of the Thirty Years' War'' (LRT Editions, 2013) p. 86</ref> | ||
| + | * [[August 25]] (August 15 [[Old Style]]) – The covenant of the Town of [[Dedham, Massachusetts|Dedham]], [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] is first signed. | ||
| + | * [[September 18]] (September 8 [[Old Style]]) – A vote of the [[Great and General Court]] of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] establishes [[Harvard University|New College]] ([[Harvard University]]), as the first college founded in the [[United States]].<ref>Morison, Samuel (1964). Three centuries of Harvard, 1636-1926. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 5.</ref> | ||
| + | * [[October 4]] (September 24 [[Old Style]]) – [[Thirty Years' War]] – [[Battle of Wittstock]]: A Swedish-allied army defeats a combined [[Army of the Holy Roman Empire|Imperial]]-[[Saxony|Saxon]] army. | ||
| + | * [[November 5]] – English theologian [[Henry Burton (theologian)|Henry Burton]] preaches two sermons on Guy Fawkes Day, heavily critical of the Anglican bishops, and is soon summoned before the Star Chamber. <ref>"Popes and Guys and Anti-Catholicism", by Justin Champion, in ''Gunpowder Plots: A Celebration of 400 Years of Bonfire Night'', ed. by Antonia Fraser (Penguin, 2005)</ref> | ||
| + | * [[December 23]] (December 13 [[Old Style]]) – The [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] organizes three [[militia]] regiments to defend the colony against the [[Pequot]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]]. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the [[United States National Guard]]. | ||
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| + | * [[Thirty Years' War]]: French intervention starts.<ref>http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1636 </ref> | ||
| + | * The ''[[shōgun]]'' forbids Japanese to travel abroad, and those abroad from returning home. | ||
| + | * Emperor [[Fasilides]] founds the city of [[Gondar]], which becomes the capital of [[Ethiopia]] for the next two centuries. | ||
| + | * The first [[synagogue]] of the [[New World]], [[Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue]], is founded in [[Recife]] by the [[Dutch (ethnic group)|Dutch]].</onlyinclude> | ||
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Contents
Events
- January 1 – Anthony van Diemen takes office as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), and will hold that position until his death in 1645.
- February 21 – Al Walid ben Zidan, Sultan of Morocco, is assassinated by French renegades.
- March 5 (February 24 Old Style) – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway gives an order, that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen, to build ships or to work as galley rowers.
- March 13 (March 3 Old Style) – A "great charter" to the University of Oxford establishes the Oxford University Press, as the second of the privileged presses in England.[1]
- March 20: Axel Oxenstierna negotiates the Treaty of Wismar, by which Sweden, whose resources had been seriously tested by incessant wars, obtains a promise of subsidies from France to continue the war.[2]
- April 30 – Eighty Years' War: The nine-month Siege of Schenkenschans ends, when forces of the Dutch Republic recapture the strategically important fort from the Spanish.
- June 20 – Roger Williams and other Puritan settlers become founders of the colony of Providence Plantations, which later joins neighbouring territory to become the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The area today is the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
- June 22 – The Battle of Tornavento is fought in north-west Italy in the course of the Thirty Years' War, as France and Savoy respond to an attack by Spain. While the battle is a stalemate, the city of Castano Primo is heavily damaged.
- July 10 – The Senate of the Venetian Republic votes, 82 to 4, in favor of renewing the charter of Jewish merchants to sell within the city, after a delay of almost six months. [3]
- July 30 – In France, Cardinal Richelieu persuades King Louis XIII to issue an ordonnance excusing the French nobility from military service if they pay a tax which allows the hiring of paid cavalry. [4]
- August 25 (August 15 Old Style) – The covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony is first signed.
- September 18 (September 8 Old Style) – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes New College (Harvard University), as the first college founded in the United States.[5]
- October 4 (September 24 Old Style) – Thirty Years' War – Battle of Wittstock: A Swedish-allied army defeats a combined Imperial-Saxon army.
- November 5 – English theologian Henry Burton preaches two sermons on Guy Fawkes Day, heavily critical of the Anglican bishops, and is soon summoned before the Star Chamber. [6]
- December 23 (December 13 Old Style) – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
Date unknown
- Thirty Years' War: French intervention starts.[7]
- The shōgun forbids Japanese to travel abroad, and those abroad from returning home.
- Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar, which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
- The first synagogue of the New World, Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue, is founded in Recife by the Dutch.
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References
- ↑ "A Short History of Oxford University Press". Oxford University Press. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-30
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=k0KtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63
- ↑ Simone Luzzatto, Discourse on the State of the Jews (De Gruyter, 2019) p. 257
- ↑ Stéphane Thion, French Armies of the Thirty Years' War (LRT Editions, 2013) p. 86
- ↑ Morison, Samuel (1964). Three centuries of Harvard, 1636-1926. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 5.
- ↑ "Popes and Guys and Anti-Catholicism", by Justin Champion, in Gunpowder Plots: A Celebration of 400 Years of Bonfire Night, ed. by Antonia Fraser (Penguin, 2005)
- ↑ http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1636
