Explore 137 historical events from 1620–1629.
James VI and I (1566–1625), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, died on 27 March 1625 at Theobalds, and was buried at Westminster Abbey on 7 May 1625.
State funeral of James VI and I (1566–1625) is held at Westminster Abbey
Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
King Charles I of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury
Giovanni Domenico Cassini was an Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and engineer. Cassini was born in Perinaldo, near Imperia, at that time in the County of Nice,…
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (died 1712)
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
Sarah Rapelje was the first European Christian female, the "first white child" born in New Netherland.
Sarah Rapelje, the "first white child" of New Netherland (died 1685)
Samuel Chappuzeau was a French scholar, author, poet and playwright whose best-known work today is Le Théâtre François, a description of French theatre in the seventeenth century.
Samuel Chappuzeau, French scholar (died 1701)
John Fell was an English churchman and influential academic. He served as Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and later concomitantly as Bishop of Oxford.
John Fell, English churchman and influential academic (died 1686)
Jean Hérault, Baron of Gourville was a French adventurer and aristocrat.
Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (died 1703)
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, was an English military officer, politician and diplomat from Barnwell, Northamptonshire. During the First English Civil War he served with th…
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (died 1672)
Rasmus Bartholin was a Danish physician and grammarian.
Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (died 1698)
Thomas Corneille was a French lexicographer and dramatist.
Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (died 1709)
John Claypole was an English politician and militant who served as an officer in the Parliamentary army in 1645 during the English Civil War. He was appointed as Lord Claypole by O…
John Claypole, English politician (died 1688)
Maurice of Orange was stadtholder of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic—except Friesland—from 1585 until his death. Prior to inheriting the title Prince of Orange from his eld…
Maurice, Prince of Orange (born 1567)
Honoré d'Urfé, marquis de Valromey, comte de Châteauneuf was a French novelist and miscellaneous writer.
Honoré d'Urfé, French author and poet (born 1568)
Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche was an English diplomat. He is remembered chiefly for his lone vote against the condemnation of Mary, Queen of Scots, and for organising the sta…
Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English diplomat (born 1556)
Orlando Gibbons was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School. The best known member of …
Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (born 1583)
The Dutch–Portuguese War was a global armed conflict involving Dutch forces, in the form of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), the Dutch West India Company, and their allies, agai…
Dutch–Portuguese War: Portuguese and Spanish forces recaptured the Brazilian city of Bahia, which had previously been ca
The Treaty of Compiègne, signed on 10 June 1624, was a mutual defence alliance between the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic, for an initial period of three years.
Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands
Charles de La Vieuville first styled Marquis of La Vieuville but later created 1st Duke of La Vieuville was an important French noble and Superintendent of Finances of France from …
Charles de La Vieuville is arrested and replaced by Cardinal Richelieu as the French king's chief advisor.
Louis XIII was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.
The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
Hiob or Job Ludolf, also known as Job Leutholf, was a German orientalist, born at Erfurt. Edward Ullendorff rates Ludolf as having "the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarshi…
Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (died 1704)
Jean Regnault de Segrais was a French poet and novelist born in Caen. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1662.
Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (died 1701)
François de la Chaise, also known as Père Lachaise, was a French Jesuit priest, the father confessor of King Louis XIV of France.
François de la Chaise, French priest (died 1709)
Zheng Chenggong, also romanized in Taiwan as Cheng Cheng-kung, born Zheng Sen (鄭森) and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga (國姓爺), was a Southern Ming genera…
Koxinga, Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist (died 1662)