Historical Events In 1622

Jan 01   In this year, Papal Chancery formally adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25).   

Jan 01   In this year, Papal Chancery formally adopts January as beginning of the year.   

Jan 01   Isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist.   

Jan 06   Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide.   

Jan 07   Germany and Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg.   

Jan 20   Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns.   

Jan 23   William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38   

Feb 08   King James I disbands the English parliament   

Feb 11   Alfonso Fontanelli, composer, dies at 64.   

Feb 13   Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized   

Feb 27   Rembrandt Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter.   

Mar 12   Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint   

Mar 22   1st American Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown Virginia, 347 slain   

Mar 22   In the inaugural major massacre of European colonists by Native Americans, Algonquian Indians led by Opechancanough, chief of the Pamunkey, slaughter 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia--nearly a third of the settlement’s total population.   

Apr 07   Louise Hollandine, daughter of King Frederik V and Elizabeth Stuart   

Apr 17   Henry Vaughan, English poet (Silex Scintillans)   

May 15   Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69.   

May 20   Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies   

Jun 06   Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857).   

Aug 10   County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges.   

Aug 16   Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian.   

Sep 04   Jacob Hintze, composer.   

Sep 05   Richelieu is recorded as becoming cardinal   

Sep 06   Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1000s die   

Sep 30   Johann Sebastiani, composer   

Oct 18   French King Louis XIII and Huguenots sign treaty of Montpellier   

Nov 08   Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War)   

Nov 30   Thomas of Apshoven, Flemish painter, baptized.   

Dec 13   Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50   

Dec 16   Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder   

Dec 28   Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55.   

Jan 01   Isaac sweers: Dutch admiral/general/civil rights activist   

Jan 15   Molière: French playwright    

Jan 20   Susanna van baerle: Dutch poet/wife of geeraert burns   

Jan 28   Adrien auzout: French astronomer    

Feb 13   Adam pijnacker: Landscape painter/etcher, baptized   

Feb 24   Johannes clauberg: German theologian and philosopher    

Feb 27   Rembrandt carel fabritius: Dutch painter   

Apr 05   Vincenzo viviani: Italian mathematician    

Jan 23   William baffin: British explorer,    

Feb 11   Alfonso fontanelli: Composer,    

Feb 19   Sir henry savile: English educator (b. 1549)   

Mar 05   Ranuccio i farnese: Duke of parma (b. 1569)   

Apr 24   Fidelis of sigmaringen: Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)   

May 03   Pedro páez: Spanish jesuit missionary (b. 1564)   

May 15   Peter plancius: Flemish vicar/cartographer,   

May 20   Osman ii: Sultan of turkey (1618-22),