Historical Events In 1629

Jan 19   Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57   

Jan 27   Hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68.   

Feb 13   Girolamo Giacobbi, composer, dies at 61.   

Mar 02   English king Charles I leaces house of commons.   

Mar 10   King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later   

Mar 14   England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony.   

Mar 16   Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59.   

Mar 19   Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia.   

Mar 24   1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia.   

Apr 07   Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general/governor of Netherlands   

Apr 08   Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50.   

Apr 14   Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings)   

Apr 14   England and France sign Peace of Susa   

Apr 17   1st commercial fishery established.   

Apr 19   Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer.   

Apr 23   John Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam).   

May 03   French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain   

May 22   Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck   

May 29   Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74   

Jun 18   Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51.   

Jun 18   Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape.   

Jun 24   Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/writer, dies at 67   

Jun 28   Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited.   

Jul 10   1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in US founded (Salem, MA).   

Jul 30   An earthquake in Naples, Italy results in the deaths of 10000 people.   

Jul 31   Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer.   

Aug 21   Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies.   

Aug 26   Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate.   

Sep 01   Italian plague of 1629-1631 in Italy killing 280000 people.   

Sep 09   Cornelis Tromp, Dutch lt-adm-gen/son of Maarten Tromp   

Sep 14   Spanish garrison surrenders to prince Frederik Henry.   

Sep 21   John Pieterszoon Coen, merchant/gov-gen of East-Indies, dies at 42.   

Sep 24   Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies.   

Sep 26   Sweden and Poland signs Peace of Altmark.   

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Mar 09   On this day in history birth of tsar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)   

Mar 19   Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia was born in the year 1629.   

Apr 07   On this day in history birth of juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general/governor of Netherlands   

Apr 14   Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) was born on this day in history.   

Apr 23   In the year 1629 birth of john Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam)   

May 08   In the year 1629 birth of niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697)   

Jul 31   Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, composer was born on this day in history.   

Aug 12   Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born in the year 1629.   

Jan 19   On this day in history abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57   

Jan 27   Hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Feb 13   On this day in history girolamo Giacobbi, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 16   In the year 1629 emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59   

Mar 29   In the year 1629 death of jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)   

Apr 08   In the year 1629 willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50   

Apr 19   On this day in history death of sigismondo d'India, Italian composer   

May 29   In the year 1629 arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74