1632
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This article is about the year 1632. For the novel by Eric Flint, see 1632 (novel).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1600s 1610s 1620s – 1630s – 1640s 1650s 1660s |
| Years: | 1629 1630 1631 – 1632 – 1633 1634 1635 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1632 MDCXXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2385 |
| Armenian calendar | 1081 ԹՎ ՌՁԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6382 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -212–-211 |
| Bengali calendar | 1039 |
| Berber calendar | 2582 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Cha. 1 – 8 Cha. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2176 |
| Burmese calendar | 994 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7140–7141 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年閏十一月初十日 (4268/4328-intercalary 11-10) — to —
壬申年十一月二十日(4269/4329-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 1348–1349 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1624–1625 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5392–5393 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1688–1689 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1554–1555 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4733–4734 |
| Holocene calendar | 11632 |
| Igbo calendar | |
| - Ǹrí Ìgbò | 632–633 |
| Iranian calendar | 1010–1011 |
| Islamic calendar | 1041–1042 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 9 (寛永9年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A (before 1912) |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3965 |
| Minguo calendar | 280 before ROC 民前280年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2175 |
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Year 1632 (MDCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
Events[edit]
January–June[edit]
- February 22 – Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
- March 29 – The Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- March – Thirty Years' War – Gustav Adolf of Sweden invades Bavaria with his army.
- April 15 – Thirty Years' War – Gustavus Adolphus defeats Tilly for the second time within a year at the Battle of Rain. Tilly is severely wounded during the battle.
- April 30 – Thirty Years' War – Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly and commander of the Catholic League armies, dies from wounds sustained at the battle of Rain.
- May – Thirty Years' War – Munich, capital of Bavaria, is captured by the Swedish army.
- June 15 – Sir Francis Windebank is made chief Secretary of State in England.
- June 20 – Charles I of England issues a charter for the colony of Maryland (named in honor of Henrietta Maria), under the control of Lord Baltimore.
- June 25 – Susenyos' son, Emperor Fasilides, declares the state religion of Ethiopia to again be Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, confiscates the lands of the Jesuit missionaries, relegating them to Fremona.
- June – Eighty Years' War – Leading a Dutch army, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange captures in short succession the cities of Venlo, Roermond and Sittard, before besieging the city of Maastricht.
July–December[edit]
- July 23 – Three hundred colonists for New France depart Dieppe.
- August 22 – Eighty Years' War – A Dutch army led by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, captures the city of Maastricht after a two-month siege.
- September 1 – A rebellion against French king Louis XIII is crushed at the Battle of Castelnaudary. The leader of the rebellion, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the brother of Louis XIII, surrenders.
- September 9 – Thirty Years' War – Besieged by Wallenstein at Nuremberg, Swedish king Gustav Adolph attempts to break the siege, but is defeated in the Battle of the Alte Veste.
- October 15 – Official opening of the University of Tartu in Swedish Livonia.
- October 30 – Henry II, Duke of Montmorency, is executed for his participation in the rebellion of Gaston, Duke of Orléans against the French king Louis XIII.
- November 8 – Wladyslaw IV Waza is elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Sigismund III Vasa's death.
- November 16
- Thirty Years' War – Battle of Lützen – Swedish king Gustav II Adolf leads an assault on Wallenstein's army, but is killed early in the battle. Despite the king's death, the Swedish commanders manage to rally the army and eventually defeat Wallenstein's army. As a result, Wallenstein withdraws from Saxony.
- Following the death of Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, he is succeeded by his 6 year old daughter Christina while five regents, headed by Axel Oxenstierna, govern the country since she is underage.
- November 17 – Thirty Years' War – Gottfried zu Pappenheim, Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, dies from wounds sustained in the Battle of Lützen.
Date unknown[edit]
- Fasilides succeeds his father Susenyos as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- Antigua and Barbuda is first colonized by England.
- The Portuguese driven out of Bengal.
- Yakutsk, Russia is founded.
- King Władysław IV Vasa of Poland forbids antisemitic books and printings.
- Taj Mahal construction begins.
Births[edit]
- January 8 – Samuel von Pufendorf, German jurist (d. 1694)
- January 29 – Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)
- March 27 – Gustav Adolf, Regent of Nassau-Saarbrücken (d. 1677)
- May 8 – Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (d. 1706)
- June 10 – Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (d. 1710)
- August 20 – Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)
- August 29 – John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
- October 20 – Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1723)
- October 24 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist (d. 1723)
- October 31 – Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
- November 23 – Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
- November 24 – Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d. 1677)
- November 28 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (d. 1687)
- December 17 – Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (d. 1695)
Deaths[edit]
- January 31 – Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
- April 19 – Sigismund III Vasa, King of Sweden (1592–1599) and Poland (1587–1632) (b. 1566)
- April 30 – Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
- May 24 – Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
- May 25 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
- June 22 – James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)
- August 25 – Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. c.1572)
- September 13 – Leopold V of Austria, regent of Tyrol (b. 1586)
- October 12 – Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)
- October 30 – Henri II de Montmorency, French naval officer and Governor of Languedoc (b. 1595)
- November 16 – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (in battle) (b. 1594)
- November 17 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594)
- November 27 – John Eliot, English statesman (b. 1592)
- November 29 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)
- December 7 – Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia (b. 1607)
- December 8 – Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)
- date unknown – Domhnall Spainnach MacMurrough-Kavanagh, last de facto King of Leinster
