1623
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This article is about the year 1623.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s – 1620s – 1630s 1640s 1650s |
| Years: | 1620 1621 1622 – 1623 – 1624 1625 1626 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1623 MDCXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2376 |
| Armenian calendar | 1072 ԹՎ ՌՀԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6373 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -221–-220 |
| Bengali calendar | 1030 |
| Berber calendar | 2573 |
| English Regnal year | 20 Ja. 1 – 21 Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2167 |
| Burmese calendar | 985 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7131–7132 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬戌年十二月初一日 (4259/4319-12-1) — to —
癸亥年十一月初十日(4260/4320-11-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 1339–1340 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1615–1616 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5383–5384 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1679–1680 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1545–1546 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4724–4725 |
| Holocene calendar | 11623 |
| Iranian calendar | 1001–1002 |
| Islamic calendar | 1032–1033 |
| Japanese calendar | Genna 9 (元和9年) |
| Korean calendar | 3956 |
| Minguo calendar | 289 before ROC 民前289年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2166 |
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Year 1623 (MDCXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] January–June
- February – France, Savoy, and Venice sign the Treaty of Paris, agreeing to cooperate in removing Spanish forces from the strategic Alpine pass of Valtelline.
- February 25 – Thirty Years' War: Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes Elector of the Palatinate.
- March 5 – The first American temperance law is enacted, in Virginia.
- March 9 – Amboyna massacre: Ten men in the service of the British East India Company, nine Japanese and one Portuguese, are executed by the Dutch East India Company.
- March 20 – Richard Frethorne begins writing a letter to his parents from Jamestown, Virginia.
- April 11 – King Gwanghaegun of Joseon is deposed in a coup. He is succeeded by King Injo.
- April 29 – A fleet of 11 Dutch ships depart for the coast of Peru, seeking to seize Spanish treasure.
- June 14 – The first breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev. Gerville Pooley, in Virginia, files against Cicely Jordan, but loses.
- June 29 – Première of Pedro Calderón de la Barca's first play, Amor, honor y poder, at the Court of Habsburg Spain.
[edit] July–December
- July – The ship Anne arrives from England at "New Plymouth" (Plymouth Colony), carrying more settlers, followed a week or two later by the Little James.
- August 6
- Papal Conclave of 1623: Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini) succeeds Pope Gregory XV as the 235th pope.
- Thirty Years' War: Chased by the Count of Tilly's army, Christian of Brunswick's army attempts to flee to the Dutch Republic. Tilly's army catches Brunswick 5 miles from the border. In the resulting Battle of Stadtlohn, Christian's army is destroyed.
- September 10 – Murat IV (1623–1640) succeeds Mustafa I (1622–1623) as Ottoman Emperor.
- November 1 – Fire at Plymouth Colony destroys several buildings.
- December – Publication in London of the "First Folio" (Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies), a collection of 36 of the plays of Shakespeare, half of which have not previously been printed (approximate date).
[edit] Date unknown
- The Safavids recapture Baghdad.
- England first colonizes Saint Kitts and Nevis.
- Wilhelm Schickard invents his "Calculating Clock", an early mechanical calculator.
- Procopius' long-lost Secret History is rediscovered in the Vatican Library.
- Giambattista Marini publishes his long poem Adone.
- Tommaso Campanella publishes The City of the Sun.
- Johannes Rudbeck founds Rudbeckianska Gymnasiet, the first gymnasium in Sweden.
- The second Thanksgiving is celebrated at Plymouth Plantation.
- Erotomania is first mentioned in a psychiatric treatise.[1]
- On the coast of Massachusetts Bay, the settlement that will become the City of Gloucester, Massachusetts is first inhabited by men from Dorchester, England.
- On the coast of New Hampshire, the settlement of Hilton's Point that will become Dover is established by men from London, England, the first European settlers in the state.
[edit] Births
- April 27 – Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (d. 1722)
- April 30 – François de Laval, first bishop of New France (d. 1708)
- May 27 – Sir William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)
- May 30 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)
- June 15 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
- June 19 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1662)
- August 5 – (baptism) Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)
- August 23 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish Socinian theologist (d. 1675)
- September 13 – Justinius Praetorius Morozovus, Russian-Chinese writer, mathematician, composer, violinist and philosopher.
- October 17 – Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)
- date unknown
- Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (d. 1673)
- Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1667)
[edit] Deaths
- January 15 – Paolo Sarpi, theologian (b. 1552)
- February 8 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546)
- February – Malcolm Macfie, last chief of the Scottish clan Clan Macfie
- March 25 – Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon (b. 1555)
- April 19 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
- June 16 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)
- July 4 – William Byrd, English composer (b. 1543)
- July 8 – Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
- August 6 – Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife
- October 21 – William Wade, English statesman and diplomat (b. 1546)
- November 9 – William Camden, English historian (b. 1551)
- November 11 – Philippe de Mornay, French writer (b. 1549)
- November 12 – Josaphat Kuncevyc, Lithuanian archbishop (b. c. 1582)
- date unknown – Andrea Andreani, Italian engraver (b. 1540)
[edit] References
- ^ Ferrand, Jacques. Maladie d'amour ou Mélancolie érotique.