Explore 123 historical events from 1630–1639.
Jacques Marquette, sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and la…
Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (died 1675)
Emilie Juliane was a German countess and hymn writer.
Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (died 1706)
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore was an English colonial administrator. He inherited the province of Maryland in 1675 upon the death of his father, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Bal…
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician, 2nd Proprietor of Maryland (died 1715)
Niwa Nagashige was a Japanese daimyō who served the Oda clan. Nagashige was the eldest son of Niwa Nagahide and married the 5th daughter of Oda Nobunaga. He took part in his first…
Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (born 1571)
Isaac Beeckman was a Dutch philosopher and scientist, who, through his studies and contact with leading natural philosophers, may have "virtually given birth to modern atomism".
Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (born 1588)
John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626. The Butlers of Hertfordshire claimed descent from Ralph …
John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, English politician (born c
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide c…
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (born 1580)
Ben Jonson was an English actor, poet and playwright. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is …
Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (born 1572)
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war include…
Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege
Esaias Reusner was a German lutenist and composer.
Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (died 1679)
Edward Colman or Coleman was an English Catholic courtier under Charles II of England. He was hanged, drawn and quartered on a treason charge, having been implicated by Titus Oates…
Edward Colman, English Catholic courtier under Charles II (died 1678)
John Hale was the Puritan pastor of Beverly, Massachusetts, and took part in the Salem witch trials in 1692. He was one of the most prominent and influential ministers associated w…
John Hale, American minister (died 1700)
Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon was a French nobleman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, one of the most important families in France at the ti…
Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, French noble (died 1721)
Sir Julius Caesar was an English lawyer, judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1622. He was also known as Julius Adelmare.
Julius Caesar, English judge and politician (born 1557)
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, 6th Earl of Huntly was a Scottish nobleman who took a leading role in the political and military life of Scotland in the late 16th century, a…
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (born 1562)
Date Masamune was a Japanese samurai and daimyō during the Azuchi–Momoyama period through the early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful feudal lords in the Tōhoku region, …
Date Masamune, Japanese strongman (born 1567)
The Boston Latin School is a magnet Latin grammar state school in Boston, Massachusetts. It has been in continuous operation since it was established on April 23, 1635, and is one …
The first public school in the United States, the Boston Latin School, is founded
The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldie…
Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed
Guadeloupe is an overseas department and region of the French Republic in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade,…
Guadeloupe becomes a French colony
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war include…
Eighty Years' War: The Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
Frans van Mieris the Elder, was a Dutch Golden Age genre and portrait painter. The leading member of a Leiden family of painters, his sons Jan (1660–1690) and Willem (1662–1747) an…
Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (died 1681)
Edward Stillingfleet was an English Christian theologian and scholar. Considered an outstanding preacher as well as a strong polemical writer defending Anglicanism, Stillingfleet w…
Edward Stillingfleet, British theologian and scholar (died 1699)
Johann Joachim Becher was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar, polymath and adventurer, best known for his terra pinguis theory which became the phlogist…
Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (died 1682)
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war include…
Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the…