1629

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The siege of Privas.

Frederick Henry and his cousin Ernst Casimir at the Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch.

1629 (MDCXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (dominical letter G) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D) of the Julian calendar, the 1629th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 629th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1620s decade. Note that the Julian day for 1629 is 10 calendar days difference, which continued to be used from 1582 until the complete conversion of the Gregorian calendar was entirely done in 1929.

Events

January–June

• February 11–June 19 – Around 350 English Puritans on six ships, led by Francis Higginson in the Lyon's Whelp, sail from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to Salem to settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America as part of the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640).^[1]
• March 4 – Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal Charter, and the county is the first to be created in the United States. The area covers almost all of the present-day state.
• March 6 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Restitution, ordering all Catholic properties lost to Protestantism since 1552 are to be restored. The Edict further provides that Catholics and Lutherans (but not Calvinists, Hussites or members of other sects) are to be allowed to practice their faith.
• March 10 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, starting the Eleven Years' Tyranny in which there is no parliament.
• April 30 – Eighty Years' War: Frederick Henry of Orange lays siege to 's-Hertogenbosch, one of Spain's most important fortresses along the Spanish-Dutch border.
• May 14–May 28 – Huguenot rebellions: After a 15-day siege, Louis XIII captures Privas.
• May 22 – Thirty Years' War: Christian IV of Denmark and Wallenstein sign the Treaty of Lübeck, ending Denmark's involvement in the Thirty Years' War.
• May 29 – Thirty Years' War: Prince Frederick of Denmark, the Lutheran administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden, is expelled by the Catholic League as a result of the Edict of Restitution. He is replaced by the staunch catholic Francis of Wartenberg.
• June 4 – Dutch East India Company ship Batavia is wrecked on a reef near Beacon Island off Western Australia on her maiden voyage to the Indies. Following mutiny among the survivors, two exiled murderers become the first Europeans to settle in Australia. Their subsequent fate is unknown.^[2]
• June 7 – The Dutch States-General ratifies the Dutch West India Company's Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions, making it more attractive to invest in the colony of New Netherland in North America.
• June 17 – Huguenot rebellions: Alès surrenders after an intense siege. As a result, the leader of the Huguenot Rebellions, the Duke of Rohan, surrenders.
• June 17 – Anglo-Spanish War (1625): A Spanish expedition led by Fadrique de Toledo wipes out the English colony on Nevis.
• June 28 – Huguenot rebellions: Louis XIII, King of France, signs in his camp at Lédignan the Peace of Alès, ending the Huguenot rebellions. The Huguenots are allowed religious freedom, but lose their political, territorial and military rights.

July–December

• August 19 – Eighty Years' War: The Spanish garrison of Wesel is surprised by a small Dutch army, and the city is taken by the Dutch Republic. As Wesel functioned as principal supply base of Hendrik van den Bergh's army, the loss of supply forces him to retreat to the Spanish Netherlands, leaving him unable to intervene in the ongoing siege of 's-Hertogenbosch.
• August 21 – Huguenot rebellions: Montauban, one of the last Huguenot strongholds, surrenders without a fight to Richelieu's troops.
• August 29 – As a result of the Cambridge Agreement, the Massachusetts Bay Colony becomes a self-governing entity.
• September 7 – Anglo-Spanish War (1625): A Spanish expedition led by Fadrique de Toledo wipes out the English colony on St. Kitts.
• September 14 – Eighty Years' War: After a 5 month long siege, 's-Hertogenbosch surrenders to Frederick Henry. As a result of the capture of this key fortress, Spain's situation along the Spanish-Dutch border worsens greatly.
• September 25 – Polish–Swedish War (1625–1629): Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth sign the Truce of Altmark, ending the war in highly favourable terms for Sweden.
• October – Italian Plague of 1629-1631: the plague arrives in Milan.
• November 8 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan abdicates the throne in favour of his daughter, who becomes Empress Meishō.

Undated

• Fort Santo Domingo is built in Formosa by the Spanish settlers.
• Chongzhen, the Chinese emperor of the Ming Dynasty, reiterates the state prohibition against female infanticide, while the empire and the Chinese economy begins to crumble. In the same year, a third of the courier stations are closed down due to lack of government funds to sustain them.
• The rule of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba ends.
• Actresses are banned in Japan.
• William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling briefly establishes a Scottish colony at Port Royal, Nova Scotia.

Births

• January 2 – Christian Scriver, German hymnwriter (d. 1693)
• January 8 – Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet, Member of the House of Commons of England (d. 1682)
• January 13 – Lelio Colista, Italian composer and lutenist (d. 1680)
• January 16 – Theodorick Bland of Westover, American politician (d. 1671)
• January 23 – Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg (d. 1676)
• February 5 – Henry Muddiman, English journalist and publisher (d. 1692)
• February 16 – Gert Miltzow, Norwegian clergyman and historical writer (d. 1688)
• February 25 – Francis Erdmann, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1666)
• February 26 – Iver Leganger, Priest and non-fiction writer (d. 1702)
• March 5 – Philip Howard (1629–1717), English politician (d. 1711)
• March 8 – Johannes Caioni, Transylvanian Franciscan monk (d. 1687)
• March 9 – Sebastian Valfrè, Italian Oratorian priest (d. 1711)
• March 10 – Metcalfe Robinson, English politician (d. 1689)
• March 29 – Alexis of Russia, Tsar of Russia (d. 1676)
• April 1 – Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, French harpsichordist and composer (d. 1691)
• April 7 – John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general (d. 1679)
• April 14 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist (d. 1695)
• April 23 – Jan Commelin, Dutch botanist (d. 1692)
• May 8 – Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697)
• May 23 – William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1663)
• June 5 – George Mason I, American politician (d. 1686)
• July 2 – Elizabeth Claypole (d. 1658)
• July 26 – John Ferrers, English politician (d. 1680)
• July 27 – Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy, Princess (d. 1692)
• August 4 – Sir George Acheson, 3rd Baronet, Irish nobleman (d. 1685)
• August 6 – Thomas Walcot, British judge (d. 1685)
• August 10 – Agostino Scilla, Italian painter and scientist (d. 1700)
• August 12 – Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (d. 1685)
• August 17 – King John III Sobieski of Poland (d. 1696)
• August 20 – Matthew Wren (writer), English politician (d. 1672)
• August 31 – Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg, Duchess consort (d. 1686)
• September 1 – Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter, daughter of king Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1687)
• September 3 – Lady Mary Dering, English composer (d. 1704)
• September 4 – Lorenzo Pasinelli, Italian painter (d. 1700)
• September 9 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1691)
• September 10 – John Heydon, English Neoplatonist occult philosopher (d. 1667)
• September 21 – Philip Howard, English Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1694)
• September 30 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (d. 1681)
• October 3 – Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, son of Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers of Rethel (d. 1665)
• October 10 – Richard Towneley, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1707)
• October 11 – Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Frondeur (d. 1666)
• October 17 – Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (d. 1646)
• October 21 – Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Swedish prince (d. 1689)
• October 28 – Maria van Riebeeck, South African settler (d. 1664)
• October 29 – Agnes Block, Dutch horticulturalist (d. 1704)
• November 20 – Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1698)
• December 2 – William Egon of Fürstenberg, Catholic cardinal (d. 1704)
• December 7 – Ezekiel, Freiherr von Spanheim, Swiss diplomat (d. 1710)
• December 11 – Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet, Member of the Parliament of England (d. 1681)
• December 12 – Simeon of Polotsk, Belarusian churchman and poet (d. 1680)
• December 16 – Ahasverus Fritsch, German jurist, poet and hymn writer (d. 1701)
• December 20 – Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684)
• December 23 – Paul Rycaut, British diplomat (d. 1700)
• December 26 – Jaswant Singh of Marwar, ruler of Marwar in the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan (d. 1678)
• date unknown
  • Katherine Austen, diarist and poet (d. c. 1683)
  • Don John of Austria the Younger, soldier (d. 1679)
  • Roderick O'Flaherty, Irish chieftain and historian (d. 1718)
  • Friedrich Breckling, Swiss mystic (d. 1711).

Deaths

• January 27 – Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (b. 1560)
• March – John Guy, first Governor of Newfoundland
• March 16 – Emilia of Nassau, daughter of William the Silent (b. 1559)
• 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)
  • Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
• October 3 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military commander (b. 1570)
• November – Hendrick ter Brugghen, Dutch painter (b. c. 1558)
• date unknown
  • Antonio Vassilacchi ("Il Aliense"), painter
  • Abbas I of Persia
• probable – Sigismondo d'India, composer

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