1629
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s |
| Years: | 1626 1627 1628 - 1629 - 1630 1631 1632 |
| 1629 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1629 (MDCXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1629
[edit] January - June
- March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
- March 10 - Charles I of England dissolves Parliament starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no parliament.
- June 4: The VOC ship Batavia runs aground west of Australia.
[edit] July - December
- (unknown)
[edit] Undated
- End of the reign of Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan.
- Empress Meishō ascends to the throne of Japan.
- Fort Santo Domingo was built in Formosa by the Spanish settlers.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1629 MDCXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2382 |
| Armenian calendar | 1078 ԹՎ ՌՀԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -215 – -214 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2173 |
| Chinese calendar | 4265/4325-12-8 (戊辰年十二月初八日) — to —
4266/4326-11-17(己巳年十一月十七日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1621 – 1622 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5389 – 5390 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1684 – 1685 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1551 – 1552 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4730 – 4731 |
| Holocene calendar | 11629 |
| Iranian calendar | 1007 – 1008 |
| Islamic calendar | 1038 – 1039 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 6 (寛永6年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2289 (皇紀2289年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11629 |
| Julian calendar | 1674 |
| Korean calendar | 3962 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2172 |
- March 9 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)
- April 14 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist (d. 1695)
- May 8 - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697)
- August 17 - John III Sobieski, King of Poland (d. 1696)
- September 9 - Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1691)
- September 21 - Philip Cardinal Howard, English Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1694)
- September 30 - Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (d. 1681)
- December 12 - Simeon of Polotsk, Belarusian churchman and poet (d. 1680)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Lady Mary Dering, composer (d. 1704)
- Roderick O Flaherty, Irish chieftain and historian (d. 1718)
- See also Category:1629 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 27 - Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (b. 1560)
- March - John Guy, first Governor of Newfoundland
- March 23 - Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland (b. c. 1580)
- March 29 - Jacob de Gheyn II, painter and engraver (b. c. 1585)
- June 18 - Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch naval officer (b. 1577)
- July 13 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585)
- September 21 - Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. (b. 1587)
- October 2 - Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1575)
- October 2 - Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
- October 3 - Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military commander (b. 1570)
- November - Hendrick ter Brugghen, Dutch painter (born c1558)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Sigismondo d'India, composer
- Antonio Vassilacchi ("Il Aliense"), painter
- See also Category:1629 deaths.
