Today in History for Year 1627

Months in Year 1627: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 13 of 13

Jan 31st - Spanish government goes bankrupt
Mar 3rd - Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil
Mar 20th - France & Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism
Jun 2nd - English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company
Jun 10th - Piet Heyn conquerors 38 ships at bay of Salvador
Jul 10th - English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle [NS=June 20]
Jul 12th - English fleet under George Villiers lands on the Rhe [NS=June 22]
Jul 20th - English fleet under George Villiers reaches La Rochelle [OS=June 10]
Jul 22nd - English fleet under George Villiers lands on the Rhe [OS=June 12]
Aug 10th - Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle
Aug 19th - Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Groenlo
Oct 27th - English assault on French Il de Ré
Nov 8th - English fleet under George Villiers leaves Île de Ré

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 25th - Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)
Jan 28th - Alfonso Marsh, composer
Mar 27th - Stephen Fox, English politician (d. 1716)
Apr 3rd - Johann Caspar Kerll, composer
Apr 9th - Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer
May 29th - Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)
Jun 13th - Fidel Molitor, composer
Aug 2nd - Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter
Aug 26th - Thomas Bullis, composer
Sep 6th - Pierre Verdier, composer
Sep 27th - Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (Louis XIV court preacher), (d. 1704)
Sep 30th - Robinson Crusoe, fictional character according to Daniel Defoe
Nov 27th - Louise Henriette, [Mlle d'Orange], daughter of Frederik Henry
Nov 29th - John Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 17 of 17

Feb 22nd - Olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558)
Mar 6th - Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)
Mar 22nd - Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81
Apr 19th - John Beaumont, English poet (b. 1583)
May 2nd - Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)
May 23rd - Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies
May 27th - Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73
Jun 27th - John Hayward, English historian
Jul 1st - Nathaniel Bacon, English painter, dies at 41
Jul 4th - Thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies
Jul 17th - Lieven de Key, Flemish master builder (Vleeshal), dies at about 67
Jul 19th - Dirck R "Didericus" Camphuysen, poet/printer/vicar, dies at about 41
Aug 21st - Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69
Sep 20th - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (b. 1560)
Oct 21st - Frederik de Houtman, navigator/governor of Ambon, dies at about 56
Oct 28th - Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India, dies
Dec 26th - Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies