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1632

Years: 1629 1630 1631 - 1632 - 1633 1634 1635

Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1632 in literature 1632 in science

See also: 1632 (novel)

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• February 22 - Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published
• July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe.
• November 16 - Battle of Lützen
• Christina becomes queen of Sweden; five regents, headed by Axel Oxenstierna, govern country.
• Antigua and Barbuda is first colonized by England
• Portuguese driven out of Bengal.
• Charles I of England issues charter for the colony of Maryland (named in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria), under control of Lord Baltimore.
• Sir Francis Windebank made chief Secretary of State in England.
• University of Tartu in Estonia founded

Births

• August 29 - John Locke (philosopher).
• October 20 - Sir Christopher Wren (architect, astronomer, mathematician).
• November 24 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher
• November 28 - Jean Baptiste Lully, French composer

Deaths

• April 19 - Sigismund III Vasa, king of Poland and former king of Sweden
• November 16 - Gustav II Adolph of Sweden, King of Sweden, killed in the Battle of Lützen

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