Today in History for Year 1626

Months in Year 1626: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

Feb 6th - Huguenot rebels & French sign Peace of La Rochelle
Feb 27th - Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
Apr 25th - Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld
May 4th - Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands
May 6th - Dutch colonist Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from local Indians for 60 guilders worth of trinkets
Jun 15th - King Charles I disbands English parliament
Jul 5th - Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated
Jul 30th - Earthquake hits Naples; 10,000 die
Aug 1st - Earl Earnest Casimir conquerors Oldenzaal
Aug 27th - Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV
Sep 30th - Battle between king Bethlen Gabor & earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends
Nov 18th - St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. Replaced an earlier basilica. Largest Christian basilica
Dec 1st - Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out
Dec 20th - Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 19 of 19

Jan 16th - Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)
Jan 25th - John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter
Feb 5th - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
Mar 12th - John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)
Apr 5th - Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter
Apr 12th - Paul Hainlein, composer
Apr 13th - Aert Jansz van Nes, Lt-admiral, baptised
May 12th - Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)
May 27th - William II, prince of Orange/stadholder
Jul 25th - Geeraerdt Brandt, Dutch theologist/poet/historian
Aug 1st - Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676)
Aug 12th - Giovanni Legrenzi, composer
Aug 14th - Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher
Oct 4th - Richard Cromwell, lord protector of England (1658-59)
Oct 5th - Johann Schop, composer
Oct 9th - John Ferrabosco, composer
Oct 17th - Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)
Dec 8th - Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic
Dec 20th - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 25 of 25

Jan 1st - Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68
Jan 21st - John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62
Jan 24th - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580)
Feb 7th - William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
Feb 11th - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
Feb 20th - John Dowland, composer, dies
Feb 28th - Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
Apr 9th - Francis Bacon, English statesman and philosopher, dies from pneumonia at 65
Apr 11th - Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)
May 4th - Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)
May 17th - Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)
Jul 5th - Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle
Jul 13th - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563)
Sep 21st - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (b. 1543)
Sep 26th - Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71
Sep 26th - Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554)
Sep 30th - Nurhaci, Manchurian chief (b. 1559)
Oct 2nd - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)
Oct 30th - Willebrord Snellius (also Snell and Snel van Royen), Dutch astronomer/mathematician, dies at about 46
Statesman/Philosopher Francis Bacon (Apr 9th) Nov 25th - Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566)
Nov 29th - Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier (c. 1580)
Nov 30th - Thomas Weelkes, English composer
Dec 8th - John Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
Dec 10th - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)
Dec 15th - Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70