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1628

Years: 1625 1626 1627 - 1628 - 1629 1630 1631

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

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1628 in literature 1628 in science

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• August 10 - The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship HMS Wasa sinks on her maiden voyage
• September 6 - Puritans settle Salem which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony
• October 28 – Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots
• Charles I reconvenes the English Parliament and accepts the Petition of Right as a concession to gain his subsidies

• Island of Santorini explodes
• John Felton assassinates George Villiers, duke of Buckingham
• William Harvey publishes his findings about blood circulation

Births

• January 12 - Charles Perrault, folklorist (+ 1703)

Deaths

• Gregor Aichinger, composer

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