Today in History for Year 1637

Months in Year 1637: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 10 of 10

Jan 23rd - Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil
Feb 2nd - Zorilla's "El más Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid
Feb 15th - Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor
May 13th - Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
May 26th - 1st battle of Pequot at Mystic Ct kills 500 indians
Aug 28th - WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa
Oct 7th - Prince Frederik Henry occupies Breda
Nov 7th - Anne Hutchinson banished from Mass bay colony as a heretic
Nov 20th - Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
Dec 17th - Shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasants led by Amakusa Shiro rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 19 of 19

Feb 6th - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan
Feb 10th - Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry
Feb 12th - Jan Swammerdam, Amsterdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)
Mar 5th - John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)
Mar 12th - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (d. 1671)
Apr 15th - Valentin Molitor, composer
Apr 26th - Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
Jun 10th - Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder (Chicago)
Jun 16th - Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer
Jul 8th - Johann Georg Ebeling, composer
Aug 16th - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and poet (d. 1706)
Aug 20th - Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam
Aug 27th - Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. 1715)
Sep 27th - Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer
Oct 20th - Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)
Nov 21st - Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)
Nov 30th - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d. 1698)
Dec 6th - Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)
Dec 7th - Barnardo Pasquini, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

Feb 15th - Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hun/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58
Mar 19th - Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman (b. 1570)
Apr 1st - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571)
May 10th - Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37
May 19th - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
Jun 24th - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580)
Aug 6th - Ben Jonson, English playwright and poet, dies at 65
Aug 10th - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)
Aug 13th - Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/government leader (OIC), dies
Sep 8th - Robert Fludd, composer, dies at 63
Sep 14th - Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner], French mathematician, dies
Sep 29th - Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint
Oct 7th - Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
Oct 14th - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552)
Oct 21st - Laurens Reael, vice-governor of Ambon/poet/admiral, dies at 54
Oct 28th - Foppe van Aitzema, diplomat, dies at about 57