1629

Years: 1626 1627 1628 - 1629 - 1630 1631 1632
Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1629 in literature 1629 in science

Events

March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
June 4: The VOC ship Batavia runs aground west of Australia.
March 10 - Charles I of England dissolves Parliament starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no parliament.
End of the reign of Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan
Empress Meisho ascends to the throne of Japan

Births

March 9 - Tsar Aleksey I of Russia
April 14 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist
August 17 - John III Sobieski, king of Poland

Deaths

Abbas I, Shah of Persia (possibly deceased in 1628).

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