What happened in 1638?
60 recorded events in 1638, including 20 in wars & conflicts, 17 in people and 10 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 20
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
British civil wars, 1639–1651
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Capture of Baghdad (1638)
Part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)
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Battle of Rheinfelden
1638 battle of the thirty years' war
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Siege of Breisach
1638 siege of the Thirty Years' War
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Siege of Fuenterrabía
1638 battle of the Franco-Spanish war
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Battle of Kallo
Battle at the fort at Kallo, a village close to Antwerp
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First Battle of Salvador
1638 siege
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Battle of Wittenweiher
1638 battle of the Thirty Years' War
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Battle of Vlotho
1638 battle of the thirty years' war
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Battle of Żownin
1638 battle
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Battle of Guidjel
1638 battle
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Second Battle of Salvador
1638 battle
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Battle of Gannoruwa
1638 Successful Sinhalese army victory over Portuguese army
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Battle of Thann
1638 battle
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Siege of the Starzec River
Siege of the Starzec River (Wars & Conflicts).
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Fall of Kandahar
1638 siege
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Siege of Bost
1638 siege
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Siege of Saint-Omer
Siege in the thirty years' war, 1638
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Siege of Daman
1638-1639 siege
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Battle of Kiratpur
Battle involving Guru Hargobind
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Politics & Government 3
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Treaty of Hamburg
1638 treaty between France and Sweden
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Treaty of Hartford
1638 treaty between England, the Mohegan and the Narragansett
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Kandyan Treaty of 1638
1638 treaty between Kandy and the Dutch Republic
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People 17
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Cyril Lucaris died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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François Thijssen died
17th-century Dutch-French explorer
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Jacob Cornelisz. van Neck died
Dutch naval officer and explorer
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Willem Blaeu died
Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher (1571-1638)
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Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac died
French mathematician (1581-1638)
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Pierre Vernier died
French mathematician
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Giacomo Rho died
Italian missionary
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Pietro Paolo Floriani died
Italian architect and engineer
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Adrian von Mynsicht died
German alchemist
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Teofilo Bruni died
Italian mathematician and astronomer
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William Alexander died
Scottish businessperson, born 1602
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Louis XIV of France born
Born in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715).
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Nicolas Malebranche born
Born in Paris. French philosopher.
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Shunzhi Emperor born
Born in Mukden Palace. Qing Dynasty emperor of China (1638–1661).
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Zeb-un-Nisa born
Born in Daulatabad Fort. Mughal princess and poet.
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Christoph Cellarius born
Born in Schmalkalden. German classical scholar.
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Ernest Rüdiger of Starhemberg born
Born in Graz. Austrian field marshal (1638-1701).
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Science & Technology 2
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Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
Botanical garden in Amsterdam
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Orto Botanico "Pietro Castelli" dell'Università di Messina
Botanical garden in Italy
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Deir el Qamar Synagogue
Synagogue in Lebanon
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Synagogue in Chęciny
Synagogue in Chęciny (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Saint Jacques church (Shapki)
Saint Jacques church (Shapki) (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 1
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Posti Group
Finnish national postal company
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Disasters & Pandemics 2
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1638 Calabrian earthquakes
Four earthquakes in Calabria, Italy
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1638 New Hampshire earthquake
Magnitude 6 Earthquake (June 1 1638) affecting New England USA
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Architecture & Engineering 10
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Saint Charles at the Four Fountains
Church in Rome
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Wangdue Phodrang
City in Bhutan
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Santa Lucia in Selci
Ancient Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy
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Purgatorio ad Arco, Naples
Church
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Santi Apostoli
Church in Naples
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Sciuta Tower
Small watchtower
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Servite Church
Church building in Alsergrund, Austria
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Oratorio di Santa Caterina
Church building in Palermo, Italy
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St George's Tower
Artem Kraft
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Podgoria Copou Monastery
Heritage site in Iași County, Romania
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Theatre in Venice, Italy
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Empires & Countries 1
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Khanate of Kalat founded
Khanate of Kalat was founded, with its capital at Kalat.
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