1634

For the "1634" novels co-authored by Eric Flint, see 1632 series.

Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s
Years:	1631 1632 1633 - 1634 - 1635 1636 1637

1634 in topic:
Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture -
Art - Literature - Music - Science
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments
Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

[edit] Events of 1634

February 24 – February 25 — Rebellious soldiers kill Albrecht von Wallenstein.
March 1 — Battle at Smolensk, King Ladislaus IV of Poland defeats Russian army.
March 25 — The first settlers arrive in St. Mary's City, Maryland (led by Lord Baltimore), the fourth permanent settlement in British North America.

July 4 — The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France, later to become the Canadian province of Quebec.
August 18 — Urbain Grandier, a priest accused of sorcery, burned alive in Loudun, France.
September 5 and September 6 — Battle of Nördlingen results in Catholic victory.
October 11–12 — Burchardi flood (also known as the second Grote Mandrenke) struck the North Sea coast of Germany and Denmark, causing 8–12,000 deaths.

Moses Amyraut's Traite de la predestination is published.
Curaçao is captured by the Dutch.
Treaty of Polianovska is defined.
First meeting of the Académie française occurs.
Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin in the summer, dressed in traditional Chinese robes, since he thought that Lake Michigan was really the Pacific Ocean leading to the Ming Dynasty of China.
Opening of Covent Garden Market in London occurs.
English establish a settlement at Cochin, now Kochi on Malabar coast.
First decennial performance of the Oberammergau Passion Plays is held.
In England, Oxford University Press receives its charter and becomes the second of the privileged presses.

January 16 — Dorothe Engelbretsdotter, Norway's first female author (d. 1713)
January 25 — Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (d. 1688)
March 18 — Marie-Madeleine de La Fayette, French novelist (d. 1693)
April 9 — Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Regent of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (d. 1696)
June 20 — Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
July 14 — Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719)
July 18 — Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1695)
October 18 — Luca Giordano, Italian artist (d. 1705)
December 15 — Thomas Kingo, Danish poet (d. 1703)

February 25 — Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (assassinated) (b. 1583)
May 12 — George Chapman, English author (born c.1559)
May 15 — Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
June 22 — Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
June 25 — John Marston, English dramatist (b. 1576)
August 9 — William Noy, English jurist (b. 1577)
August 11 — Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1591)
August 18 — Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
September 3 — Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur and jurist (b. 1552)
December 25 — Lettice Knollys, English noblewoman (b. 1540)
December 29 — John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)
date unknown
- Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (b. 1568)
- Johan Bara, painter and engraver (b. c. 1581)
- Wigund-Jeronym Trubecki, prince of Trubeck