1636
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Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
Decades: | 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s |
Years: | 1633 1634 1635 - 1636 - 1637 1638 1639 |
1636 in topic: |
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Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1636 (MDCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1636
[edit] January - June
- February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or to work as galley rowers.
- March 26 - Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands.
[edit] July - December
- August 15 - Siege of Corbie.
- September 8 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes Harvard College as the first college founded in the Americas.
- December 13 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
[edit] Undated
- Harvard University is established by order of the General Court of Massachusetts.
- The first American ancestor of John Adams emigrates to Massachusetts.
- August 15 - The covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed.
- First performance of Pierre Corneille's play, Le Cid, is held.
- Manchurian later Jin dynasty was renamed to Qing Dynasty.
- Shogun forbids Japanese to travel abroad and those abroad from returning home.
- In the American colonies, Roger Williams (theologian) founds Rhode Island.
[edit] Births
Gregorian calendar | 1636 MDCXXXVI |
Ab urbe condita | 2389 |
Armenian calendar | 1085 ԹՎ ՌՁԵ |
Bahá'í calendar | -208 – -207 |
Buddhist calendar | 2180 |
Chinese calendar | 4272/4332-11-24 (乙亥年十一月廿四日) — to —
4273/4333-12-5(丙子年十二月初五日) |
Ethiopian calendar | 1628 – 1629 |
Hebrew calendar | 5396 – 5397 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1691 – 1692 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1558 – 1559 |
- Kali Yuga | 4737 – 4738 |
Holocene calendar | 11636 |
Iranian calendar | 1014 – 1015 |
Islamic calendar | 1045 – 1046 |
Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 13 (寛永13年) |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2296 (皇紀2296年) |
- Jōmon Era | 11636 |
Julian calendar | 1681 |
Korean calendar | 3969 |
Thai solar calendar | 2179 |
- September 29 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)
- October 31 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
- November 1 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, poet and critic (d. 1711)
- November 6 - Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (d. 1676)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Laura Mancini, French court beauty (d. 1657)
- Gregório de Mattos, Brazilian poet (d. 1696)
- See also Category:1636 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 26 - Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- April 18 - Julius Caesar, English judge (born c.1557)
- June 13 - George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
- August 25 - Bhai Gurdas, Sikh religious figure (b. 1551)
- September 17 - Stefano Maderno, sculptor (b. 1576)
- October 19 - Marcin Kazanowski, Polish military leader (born c.1564)
- December 9 - Fabian Birkowski, Polish writer (b. 1566)
- December 10 - Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim, Irish leader
[edit] Unknown dates
- Dodo Knyphausen, Swedish military leader (b. 1583)
- Sanctorius, physician (b. 1561)
- See also Category:1636 deaths.