1628
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s |
| Years: | 1625 1626 1627 - 1628 - 1629 1630 1631 |
| 1628 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1628 (MDCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1628
[edit] January - June
- March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
[edit] July - December
- August 10 - The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage in the Stockholm harbor
- September 6 - Puritans settle Salem which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- October 28 – Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
[edit] Undated
- Charles I reconvenes the English Parliament and accepts the Petition of Right as a concession to gain his subsidies.
- John Felton assassinates George Villiers, duke of Buckingham.
- William Harvey publishes his findings about blood circulation.
- The Collegiate School, today the oldest educational institution in North America, is established.
- Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus, by William Harvey, is published.
- Shah Jahan becomes king of the Mughal Empire in the Indian Subcontinent.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1628 MDCXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2381 |
| Armenian calendar | 1077 ԹՎ ՌՀԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -216 – -215 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2172 |
| Chinese calendar | 4264/4324-11-25 (丁卯年十一月廿五日) — to —
4265/4325-12-7(戊辰年十二月初七日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1620 – 1621 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5388 – 5389 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1683 – 1684 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1550 – 1551 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4729 – 4730 |
| Holocene calendar | 11628 |
| Iranian calendar | 1006 – 1007 |
| Islamic calendar | 1037 – 1038 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 5 (寛永5年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2288 (皇紀2288年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11628 |
| Julian calendar | 1673 |
| Korean calendar | 3961 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2171 |
- January 8 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695)
- January 10 - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)
- January 12 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
- March 10 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
- March 17 - François Girardon, French sculptor (d. 1715)
- April 23 - Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)
- May 17 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, regent of the Tyrol (d. 1662)
- July 11 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
- August 29 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)
- November 28 - John Bunyan, English writer (d. 1688)
- December 25 - Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)
[edit] Unknown dates
- (none)
- See also Category:1628 births.
[edit] Deaths
- March 12 - John Bull, English composer (born c1562)
- March 29 - Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)
- June 8 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547)
- July 13 - Robert Shirley, English adventurer (born c1581)
- August 6 - Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573)
- August 23 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (b. 1592)
- September 30 - Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English writer (b. 1554)
- October 16 - François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
- November 15 - Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. 1576)
- November 16 - Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer (born c1555)
- Gregor Aichinger, German composer (born c1565)
- See also Category:1628 deaths.
