Years: 1626 1627 1628 - 1629 - 1630 1631 1632

Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1629 in literature 1629 in science

Events

• March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
• June 4: The VOC ship Batavia runs aground west of Australia.
• March 10 - Charles I of England dissolves Parliament starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no parliament.
• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan
• Empress Meisho ascends to the throne of Japan

Births

• March 9 - Tsar Aleksey I of Russia
• April 14 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist
• August 17 - John III Sobieski, king of Poland

Deaths

• Abbas I, Shah of Persia (possibly deceased in 1628).

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