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
Event of Interest
Feb 7 Nicolas Fouquet appointed France's Superintendent of Finances
Nicolas Fouquet
Event of Interest
Apr 20 Oliver Cromwell routes English parliament to house
Oliver Cromwell
Event of Interest
Jul 30 Johan de Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland
Johan de Witt
- 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)
- 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, born in Florence, Tuscany (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 satirical poet, born in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire (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, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1707-09), born in Amsterdam (d. 1711)
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, Governor General of the Dutch 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 linguist, 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