What happened in 1638?

Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Wars & Conflicts · Kingdom of England

British civil wars, 1639–1651

Capture of Baghdad (1638)

Wars & Conflicts · Baghdad

Part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)

Battle of Rheinfelden

Wars & Conflicts · Rheinfelden

1638 battle of the thirty years' war

Siege of Breisach

Wars & Conflicts · Breisach

1638 siege of the Thirty Years' War

Siege of Fuenterrabía

Wars & Conflicts · Hondarribia

1638 battle of the Franco-Spanish war

Battle of Kallo

Wars & Conflicts · Kallo

Battle at the fort at Kallo, a village close to Antwerp

First Battle of Salvador

Wars & Conflicts · Salvador

1638 siege

Battle of Wittenweiher

Wars & Conflicts · Baden

1638 battle of the Thirty Years' War

Battle of Vlotho

Wars & Conflicts · Vlotho

1638 battle of the thirty years' war

Battle of Żownin

Wars & Conflicts · Zhovnyne

1638 battle

Battle of Guidjel

Wars & Conflicts · Guidjel

1638 battle

Second Battle of Salvador

Wars & Conflicts · Salvador

1638 battle

Battle of Gannoruwa

Wars & Conflicts

1638 Successful Sinhalese army victory over Portuguese army

Battle of Thann

Wars & Conflicts · Thann

1638 battle

Siege of the Starzec River

Wars & Conflicts · Hradyzk

Fall of Kandahar

Wars & Conflicts · Kandahar

1638 siege

Siege of Bost

Wars & Conflicts · Lashkar Gah

1638 siege

Siege of Saint-Omer

Wars & Conflicts · Saint-Omer

Siege in the thirty years' war, 1638

Siege of Daman

Wars & Conflicts · Daman

1638-1639 siege

Battle of Kiratpur

Wars & Conflicts · Kiratpur Sahib

Battle involving Guru Hargobind

Battle of Getaria

Wars & Conflicts · Getaria

1638 naval battle

Battle of Goa

Wars & Conflicts · Goa

1638 naval battle

Battle of Vado

Wars & Conflicts · Vado Ligure

1638 naval battle

Battle of Cabañas

Wars & Conflicts · Cabañas

1638 naval battle

Treaty of Hamburg

Politics & Government · Hamburg

1638 treaty between France and Sweden

Treaty of Hartford

Politics & Government · Hartford

1638 treaty between England, the Mohegan and the Narragansett

Kandyan Treaty of 1638

Politics & Government · Batticaloa

1638 treaty between Kandy and the Dutch Republic

Cyril Lucaris died

People · Bosporus Strait

Patriarch of Constantinople

François Thijssen died

People · Netherlands

17th-century Dutch-French explorer

Jacob Cornelisz. van Neck died

People · Amsterdam

Dutch naval officer and explorer

Willem Blaeu died

People · Amsterdam

Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher (1571-1638)

Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac died

People · Bourg-en-Bresse

French mathematician (1581-1638)

Pierre Vernier died

People · Ornans

French mathematician

Giacomo Rho died

People · Beijing

Italian missionary

Pietro Paolo Floriani died

People · Ferrara

Italian architect and engineer

Adrian von Mynsicht died

People · Schwerin

German alchemist

Teofilo Bruni died

People · Vicenza

Italian mathematician and astronomer

William Alexander died

People · London

Scottish businessperson, born 1602

Louis XIV of France born

People · Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Born in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715).

Nicolas Malebranche born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French philosopher.

Shunzhi Emperor born

People · Mukden Palace

Born in Mukden Palace. Qing Dynasty emperor of China (1638–1661).

Zeb-un-Nisa born

People · Daulatabad Fort

Born in Daulatabad Fort. Mughal princess and poet.

Christoph Cellarius born

People · Schmalkalden

Born in Schmalkalden. German classical scholar.

Ernest Rüdiger of Starhemberg born

People · Graz

Born in Graz. Austrian field marshal (1638-1701).

Go-Sai born

People · Kyoto

Born in Kyoto. Emperor of Japan.

Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam

Science & Technology · Plantage

Botanical garden in Amsterdam

Orto Botanico "Pietro Castelli" dell'Università di Messina

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Italy

1638 Ottoman expedition against Kelmendi

Exploration & Discovery · Malësia

Ottoman expedition against Northern Albania

Deir el Qamar Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Lebanon

Synagogue in Chęciny

Religion & Belief Systems

Saint Jacques church (Shapki)

Religion & Belief Systems

Punakha Dzong

Religion & Belief Systems

Administrative centre in Punakha, Bhutan

Lubao Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines

evangelical reformed parish church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Spreitenbach in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

San Lorenzo

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Celle Ligure, Italy

Reformed Rectory Wülflingen

Religion & Belief Systems · Wülflingen

Residential church building in Wülflingen in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Posti Group

Economy & Trade · Helsinki

Finnish national postal company

1638 Calabrian earthquakes

Disasters & Pandemics · Calabria

Four earthquakes in Calabria, Italy

1638 New Hampshire earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Magnitude 6 Earthquake (June 1 1638) affecting New England USA

Saint Charles at the Four Fountains

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Rome

Wangdue Phodrang

Architecture & Engineering

City in Bhutan

Santa Lucia in Selci

Architecture & Engineering

Ancient Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy

Purgatorio ad Arco, Naples

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Santi Apostoli

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Naples

Sciuta Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Small watchtower

Servite Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Alsergrund, Austria

Oratorio di Santa Caterina

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Palermo, Italy

St George's Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Artem Kraft

Podgoria Copou Monastery

Architecture & Engineering · Iași

Heritage site in Iași County, Romania

Fort Christina

Architecture & Engineering

Capital of New Sweden between 1638–1655

Shōhō-ji Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Buddhist temple in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca

Architecture & Engineering

fortress in Santiago de Cuba

Santa Margherita Lines

Architecture & Engineering

Line of fortifications in Cospicua, Malta

Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Venice, Italy

Khanate of Kalat founded

Empires & Countries · Kalat

Khanate of Kalat was founded, with its capital at Kalat.

Belize City founded

Empires & Countries

Belize City was founded.