1632
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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 |
| 1632 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
- See also: 1632 (novel).
Year 1632 (MDCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1632
[edit] January - June
- January 16 - The Grote Mandrenke hits sections of northern Europe, causing at least 25,000 deaths and flooding large pieces of land.
- February 22 - Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
- March 29 - Treaty of Saint-Germain signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- April 15 - Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
- June 25 - Susenyos' son, Emperor Fasilides, declared the state religion to again be Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and expelled the Jesuit missionaries and other Europeans.
[edit] July - December
- July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe.
- November 6 - Battle of Lützen, death of king of Sweden Gustav II Adolf.
- November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Sigismund III Vasa's death.
[edit] Undated
- Fasilides succeeds his father Susenyos as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 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 Henrietta Maria), under control of Lord Baltimore.
- Sir Francis Windebank made chief Secretary of State in England.
- University of Tartu in Estonia founded.
- Yakutsk in Russia founded.
- King Ladislaus IV of Poland forbids Anti-Semitic books and printings.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1632 MDCXXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2385 |
| Armenian calendar | 1081 ԹՎ ՌՁԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -212 – -211 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2176 |
| Chinese calendar | 4268/4328-intercalary 11-10 (辛未年閏十一月初十日) — to —
4269/4329-11-20(壬申年十一月二十日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1624 – 1625 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5392 – 5393 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1687 – 1688 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1554 – 1555 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4733 – 4734 |
| Holocene calendar | 11632 |
| Iranian calendar | 1010 – 1011 |
| Islamic calendar | 1041 – 1042 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 9 (寛永9年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2292 (皇紀2292年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11632 |
| Julian calendar | 1677 |
| Korean calendar | 3965 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2175 |
- January 8 - Samuel von Pufendorf, German jurist (d. 1694)
- January 29 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)
- 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)
[edit] Unknown dates
Johannes Vermeer
- See also Category:1632 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 31 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
- April 19 - Sigismund III Vasa, King of Sweden and Poland (b. 1566)
- April 30 - Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
- May 25 - Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
- June 22 - James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)
- August 25 - Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (born 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 6 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (killed 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)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Domhnall Spainnach MacMurrough-Kavanagh, last de facto King of Leinster
- See also Category:1632 deaths.
