What happened in 1626?
48 recorded events in 1626, including 20 in people, 12 in wars & conflicts and 5 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 12
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Battle of Lutter
1626 battle of the Thirty Years' War
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Polish–Swedish War of 1626–1629
Fourth war between Sweden and Poland fought in the 17th century
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Battle of Dessau Bridge
1626 battle of the thirty years' war
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Battle of Wallhof
1626 battle
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Battle of Ningyuan
1626 battle
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Battle of Gniew
Battle of the 1626 Polish-Swedish war
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Battle of Bila Tserkva (1626)
Battle of Bila Tserkva (1626) (Wars & Conflicts).
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Siege of Oldenzaal
1626 siege during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War
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Battle of Bazaleti
1626 battle in Georgia
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Battle of Selburg
1626 battle of the Polish–Swedish War
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Battle of Wenden
1626 battle
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Battle of Poti
1626 battle
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Politics & Government 3
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Treaty of Paris
1626 treaty
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Treaty of Monçon
1626 treaty ending the Valtellina War
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peace of Pressburg
Between Gabriel Bethlen of Transylvania, the leader of an uprising against the Habsburg Monarchy, and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
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People 20
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Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel died
Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573-1626)
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Willebrord Snellius died
Dutch astronomer and mathematician
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Juan de Oñate died
Spanish Conquistador, explorer, and colonial governor
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Pietro Cataldi died
Italian mathematician (1552–1626)
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Edmund Gunter died
British mathematician
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Marin Getaldić died
Croatian mathematician and physicist
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Jerome Horsey died
English politician and explorer
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Salomon de Caus died
French engineer (1576–1626)
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Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer died
Czech astronomist
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Filippo Ferrari died
Italian cleric-scientist
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Baldassarre Capra died
Italian scientist
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Martin Pring died
English explorer
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Edward Alleyn died
English actor (1566–1626)
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Johannes Bach died
German alta capella musician
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Andrés de Claramonte died
Spanish playwright
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Christina of Sweden born
Born in Stockholm. Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 (1626–1689).
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Madame de Sévigné born
Born in Paris. French noble and epistolarian writer (1626–1696).
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Richard Cromwell born
Born in Huntingdon. English politician and Lord Protector (1626–1712).
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Francesco Redi born
Born in Arezzo. Italian entomologist and poet.
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John Aubrey born
Born in Malmesbury. English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697).
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Science & Technology 1
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Hortus Haren
Botanical garden in Groningen
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626
Military conflict
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Synagogue in Przeworsk
Synagogue in Przeworsk (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Disasters & Pandemics 4
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Wanggongchang Explosion
Explosion disaster in a gunpowder factory in Beijing
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1626 Lingqiu earthquake
1626 earthquake in China
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1626 Naples earthquake
1626 Naples earthquake (Disasters & Pandemics).
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1626 Girifalco earthquake
1626 Girifalco earthquake (Disasters & Pandemics).
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Architecture & Engineering 5
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Loreta
Church
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Madonna Assunta
Church building in Palermo, Italy
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St. Mary's Abbey, Fulda
Benedictine nunnery in Fulda, Hesse, Germany
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San Giuseppe
Church building in Parma, Italy
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San Luca
Church building in Genoa, Italy
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Empires & Countries 1
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Datia State founded
Datia State was founded, with its capital at Datia.
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