Page 2: Historical Events In 1638
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
Jun 27 Lukaris Cyrillus, patriarch of Alexandria/Constantinople, dies 


Jul 06 Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter. 


Jul 08 Matteo Coferati, composer. 


Jul 10 David Teniers III, Flemish painter (carpet cartons) 


Jul 15 Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, composer. 


Jul 27 Johan VIII de Jongere, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 54 


Aug 06 Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher 


Aug 09 Jonas Bronck of Holland is recorded as becoming 1st European settler in Bronx. 


Aug 09 Jonas Bronck of Holland is recorded as becoming inaugural European settler in the Bronx. 


Aug 12 Johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81 


Aug 31 John Ward, composer, dies at 67. 


Sep 01 -4] French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam 


Sep 05 Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France (1643-1715) [OS] 


Sep 16 Louis XIV, [Sun King], king of France (1643-1715) [NS]. 


Oct 17 Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63. 


Oct 18 Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet. 


Oct 31 Meindert Hobbema, Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised 


Nov 08 Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts 


Nov 08 Johann H Alsted, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 50 


Nov 11 Cornelis Cornelisz, "of Haarlem", painter, dies at about 76 


Dec 10 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49 


Dec 17 French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine. 


Dec 17 Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer 


Dec 18 Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies 


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