Today in History for Year 1635

Months in Year 1635: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

Feb 10th - Academie Francaise forms in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu)
Apr 23rd - Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded
Apr 28th - Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason & removed from office
May 19th - France declares war on Spain
May 28th - Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V," premieres in Madrid
May 30th - Emperor Ferdinand II & Saksen sign Peace of Prague
Jun 28th - French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean
Jul 11th - Armies of Savoye/Mantua/Parma occupy Milan
Jul 28th - Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans
Aug 3rd - The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance (sankin kotai) by which the feudal daimyō are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Tokyo as virtual political hostages. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21, 1635).
Aug 15th - 1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony
Sep 12th - Sweden & Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf
Sep 18th - Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France
Oct 9th - Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 17 of 17

Jan 8th - Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709)
Jan 13th - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
Feb 1st - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)
Feb 18th - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
Feb 25th - Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen
Apr 16th - Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter
May 4th - Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)
May 5th - Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
Jul 18th - Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)
Aug 11th - Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)
Aug 24th - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
Sep 7th - Pal Esterhazy, composer
Nov 22nd - Francis Willughby, English biologist (d. 1672)
Nov 27th - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719)
Dec 18th - Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian
Dec 24th - Mariana of Austria, second wife of king Philip IV of Spain (d. 1696)
Dec 28th - Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 15

Feb 13th - Georg R Weckerlin, German poet, dies at 50
Mar 3rd - Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies
Mar 19th - Pieter Christiaensz Bor, Dutch historian, dies
Mar 24th - Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42
Mar 27th - Robert Naunton, English politician (b. 1563)
Apr 13th - Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572)
Apr 25th - Alessandro Tassoni, Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69
Jul 22nd - Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer, dies at 45
Aug 7th - Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591)
Aug 17th - Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48
Aug 27th - Lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72
Sep 6th - Adrian A Metius, mathematician/fort architect, dies at 63
Nov 2nd - Aurelio Signoretti, composer, dies at 68
Dec 1st - Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51
Dec 25th - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)