Explore 207 historical events from 1620–1629.
Mariam-uz-Zamani, commonly known by the misnomer Jodha Bai, was the chief consort, principal wife and the favourite wife of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar. She was also the longes…
Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (born 1542)
Claes Rålamb was a Swedish statesman. In 1660 he was appointed Governor of Uppland County and in 1664 he served in the Privy Council. Between 1673 and 1678, he served as the Govern…
Claes Rålamb, Swedish politician (died 1698)
Admiral Niels Juel was a Danish naval officer who served as supreme commander of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy during the late 17th century and oversaw its development into a blue-…
Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (died 1697)
Angelo Italia was an Italian Jesuit and Baroque architect, who was born in Licata and died in Palermo. He designed a number of churches in Sicily, and later worked to reconstruct t…
Angelo Italia, Sicilian Jesuit and architect (died 1700)
The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portu…
A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Por
Admiral Sir William Penn was an English naval officer and politician who represented Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in the House of Commons of England from 1660 to 1670. He was the fa…
William Penn, English admiral and politician (died 1670)
Peter Minuit was a Walloon merchant and politician who was the 3rd director of the Dutch North American colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1631, and 3rd Governor of New Nethe…
Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw
Father Afonso Mendes was a Portuguese Jesuit theologian, and Patriarch of Ethiopia from 1622 to 1634. While E. A. Wallis Budge has expressed the commonly accepted opinion of this m…
Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa
Sigismondo d'India was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the most accomplished contemporaries of Monteverdi, and wrote music in man…
Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (born 1582)
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, also von Waldstein, was a Bohemian military leader, statesman and a major figure of the Thirty Years' War, fighting on …
Albrecht von Wallenstein and King Christian IV of Denmark signed the Treaty of Lübeck to end Danish intervention in the
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period, was th…
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck ending Danish intervention in the
Admiral Niels Juel was a Danish naval officer who served as supreme commander of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy during the late 17th century and oversaw its development into a blue-…
Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (died 1697)
Wilhelm VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, known as William the Just, was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1637 to 1663.
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, noble of Hesse-Kassel (died 1663)
Isabella Clara of Austria was a Duchess consort of Mantua, Montferrat, Nevers, Mayenne and Rethel by marriage to Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat.
Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Austrian archduchess (died 1685)
John III Sobieski was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
John III Sobieski, Polish–Lithuanian king (died 1696)
Agneta Horn was a Swedish writer born to noble parents and a military father. She traveled a great deal throughout Europe in her lifetime as a result of living in a military family…
Agneta Horn, Swedish writer (died 1672)
Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet was an Irish nobleman and landowner. He was knighted by Henry Cromwell for his services to the Commonwealth government of Ireland during the Interreg…
Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet, Irish nobleman (died 1665)
Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, Count of Sølvesborg was a Dutch naval officer who served as lieutenant-admiral general in the Dutch Navy, and briefly as a general admiral in the Royal…
Cornelis Tromp, Dutch general (died 1691)
Philip Howard was an English Roman Catholic cardinal.
Philip Howard, English cardinal (died 1694)
Richard Towneley was an English mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer, resident at Towneley Hall, Burnley in Lancashire. His uncle was the antiquarian and mathematician…
Richard Towneley, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1707)
Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias, Prince of Girona, Prince of Viana, Prince of Portugal, Duke of Montblanc, Count of Cervera, and Lord of Balaguer was heir apparent to all the…
Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (died 1646)
Sigismondo d'India was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the most accomplished contemporaries of Monteverdi, and wrote music in man…
Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (born 1582)
Piet Pieterszoon Hein was a Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War. Hein was the first and the last to capture a large part of a Spanish tr…
Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (born 1577)
Caspar Bartholin the Elder was a Danish physician, scientist and theologian.
Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (born 1585)
Domenico Allegri was an Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque Roman School. He was the second son of the Milanese coachman Costantino Allegri, who lived in Rome with his…
Domenico Allegri, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1585)
Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a Dutch naval officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early 17th century, serving two terms as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. He w…
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1587)
Antonio Cifra was an Italian composer of the Roman School of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the significant transitional figures between the Renaissance and …
Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (born 1584)
Pierre de Bérulle was a French Catholic priest, cardinal and statesman in 17th-century France. He was the founder of the French school of spirituality and counted among his discipl…
Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian (born 1575)
Heribert Rosweyde was a Jesuit hagiographer. His work, quite unfinished, was taken up by Jean Bolland who systematized it, while broadening its perspective. This is the beginning …
Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (born 1569)
Giorgi Saakadze was a Georgian politician and military commander who played an important role in the politics of the early 17th-century Georgia. He is credited with playing off the…
Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (born 1570)
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, also von Waldstein, was a Bohemian military leader, statesman and a major figure of the Thirty Years' War, fighting on …
Albrecht von Wallenstein and King Christian IV of Denmark signed the Treaty of Lübeck to end Danish intervention in the
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, was an English courtier and statesman who was a notable patron of the arts. He was a favourite and self-described "lover" of King James VI …
George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
Johannes Hudde was a mathematician, burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam between 1672 – 1703, and governor of the Dutch East India Company.
Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (died 1704)
Angelo Italia was an Italian Jesuit and Baroque architect, who was born in Licata and died in Palermo. He designed a number of churches in Sicily, and later worked to reconstruct t…
Angelo Italia, Sicilian Jesuit and architect (died 1700)