Historical Events In 1633

May 14 Olivier Le Jeune d1654 baptized into the Roman Catholic faith; a slave left in Quebec by the Kirkes, he is the first recorded black in Canada.

Feb 13 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun

Feb 23 The birth of Samuel Pepys, British Diarist

Feb 02 M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano," premieres in Rome

Jun 21 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views

Mar 07 Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg