Events in History
- Jan 3 The Coonan Cross Oath is taken in the Saint Thomas Christian community in an effort to avoid submission to Portuguese rule in India
- Feb 2 New Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York)
- Feb 3 Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile
- Feb 7 Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France
- Feb 20 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Adm Van Tromp by Admiral Blake off Portsmouth
- Feb 28 -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beat Dutch
- Mar 14 Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno
Event of Interest
Apr 20 Oliver Cromwell routes English parliament to house
Oliver Cromwell
- May 24 German Parliament selects Ferdinand II King of Austria
- Jun 12 - 13] First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard/ Battle at North Foreland, English fleet beats the Dutch
- Jul 4 English Barebones Parliament goes into session
- Jul 30 Johan de Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland
- Jul 31 Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux
- Aug 10 The Battle of Scheveningen, English fleet beats Dutch
- Aug 15 -16] Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea
- Oct 1 Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine
- Dec 12 English "Barebones" Parliament ends
- Dec 16 Parliamentarian General Oliver Cromwell appointed as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland
Event of Interest
Dec 29 Dutch painter Jan Vermeer becomes a member of the Guild of Saint Luke for painters in Delft
Jan Vermeer
Birthdays in History
- Jan 7 Bernhard Albinus, German court-physician (Frederick of Prussia)
- Mar 25 Joseph Sauveur, French physicist/mathematician
- Apr 2 Prince George of Denmark, Prince Consort of Anne of England, born in Copenhagen Castle, Denmark (d. 1708)
- May 8 Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France, born in Moulins, France (d. 1734)
- May 21 Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)
- May 30 Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)
- Jul 5 Thomas Pitt, British merchant and Governor of Madras, born in Blandford St. Mary, Dorset, England (d. 1726)
- Aug 8 Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar
- Aug 9 John Oldham, English poet (d. 1683)
- Aug 14 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (d. 1688)
- Oct 18 Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)
- Nov 16 Joan van Hoorn, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1707-09)
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Apr 5 Dutch painter Jan Vermeer marries Catharina Bolenes in Schipluiden
Jan Vermeer
Deaths in History
- Jan 9 John Haynes, 5th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, dies at 58
- Feb 21 Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71
- Mar 17 Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48
- Mar 23 Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48
- May 10 John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
- May 18 Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48
- May 19 Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48
- May 26 Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)
- Jul 10 Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600)
- Jul 31 Thomas Dudley, British colonial governor of Massachusetts, dies at 76
- Aug 10 Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral, dies in battle at 55
- Aug 29 Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49
- Sep 3 Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguistic, dies at 65
- Oct 3 Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, Dutch historian, dies at 41
- Oct 7 Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581)
- Nov 26 Maximilian Teellinck, vicar, dies at about 51