Today in History for Year 1629

Months in Year 1629: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 19 of 19

Mar 2nd - English king Charles I leaces house of commons
Mar 10th - King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later
Mar 14th - England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mar 24th - 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia
Apr 14th - England & France sign Peace of Susa
Apr 17th - 1st commercial fishery established
May 3rd - French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain
May 22nd - Emperor Ferdinand II & Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck
Jun 18th - Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape
Jun 28th - Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited
Jul 10th - 1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in US founded (Salem, MA)
Jul 30th - An earthquake in Naples, Italy kills 10,000 people.
Aug 26th - Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate
Sep 14th - Spanish garrison surrenders to prince Frederik Henry
Sep 24th - Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies
Sep 26th - Sweden & Poland signs Peace of Altmark
Oct 13th - Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies
Oct 30th - King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath
Nov 3rd - Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 13 of 13

Mar 9th - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)
Mar 19th - Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia
Apr 7th - Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general/governor of Netherlands
Apr 14th - Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings)
Apr 23rd - John Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam)
May 8th - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697)
Jul 31st - Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer
Aug 12th - Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)
Aug 17th - King John III of Poland (d. 1696)
Sep 9th - Cornelis Tromp, Dutch lt-adm-gen/son of Maarten Tromp
Sep 21st - Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1694)
Nov 1st - St. Oliver Plunkett, last Catholic martyr to die in England. (d. 1681)
Dec 20th - Pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 19 of 19

Jan 19th - Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57
Jan 27th - Hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68
Feb 13th - Girolamo Giacobbi, composer, dies at 61
Mar 16th - Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59
Mar 29th - Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)
Apr 8th - Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50
Apr 19th - Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer
May 29th - Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74
Jun 18th - Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (Spanish silver fleet) and folk hero (b. 1577) shot by cannonball at 51
Jun 24th - Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67
Jul 13th - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585)
Aug 21st - Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies
Sep 5th - Domenico Allegri, Italian composer (b. c. 1585)
Sep 21st - John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/gov-gen of East-Indies, dies at 42
Oct 2nd - Pierre the Barulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies
Oct 2nd - Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
Oct 3rd - Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)
Oct 21st - Tumengung Buraksa, Matarams/Javanese general, dies in battle
Nov 15th - Bethlen Gabor, King of Hungary (1620-29), dies at 49