1634
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s |
| Years: | 1631 1632 1633 - 1634 - 1635 1636 1637 |
| 1634 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1634 (MDCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1634
[edit] January - June
- February 24-February 25 - Rebellious soldiers kill Albrecht von Wallenstein.
- March 1 - Battle at Smolensk, King Ladislaus IV of Poland defeats Russian army.
- March 25 - The first settlers arrive in St. Mary's City, Maryland (led by Lord Baltimore), the fourth permanent settlement in British North America.
[edit] July - December
- August 18 - Urbain Grandier, a priest accused of sorcery, burned alive in Loudun, France.
- September 5 and September 6 - Battle of Nördlingen (1634) results in Catholic victory.
[edit] Undated
- Moses Amyraut's Traite de la predestination is published.
- Curaçao is captured by the Dutch.
- Treaty of Polianovska is defined.
- First meeting of the Académie française occurs.
- Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin.
- Opening of Covent Garden Market in London occurs.
- English establish a settlement at Cochin, now Kochi on Malabar coast.
- First decennial performance of the Oberammergau Passion Plays is held.
- In England, Oxford University Press receives its charter and becomes the second of the privileged presses.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1634 MDCXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2387 |
| Armenian calendar | 1083 ԹՎ ՌՁԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -210 – -209 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2178 |
| Chinese calendar | 4270/4330-12-2 (癸酉年十二月初二日) — to —
4271/4331-11-12(甲戌年十一月十二日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1626 – 1627 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5394 – 5395 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1689 – 1690 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1556 – 1557 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4735 – 4736 |
| Holocene calendar | 11634 |
| Iranian calendar | 1012 – 1013 |
| Islamic calendar | 1043 – 1044 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 11 (寛永11年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2294 (皇紀2294年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11634 |
| Julian calendar | 1679 |
| Korean calendar | 3967 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2177 |
- January 16 - Dorothe Engelbretsdotter, Norway's first female author (d. 1713)
- January 25 - Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (d. 1688)
- March 18 - Marie-Madeleine de La Fayette, French novelist (d. 1693)
- June 20 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
- July 14 - Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719)
- July 18 - Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1695)
- October 18 - Luca Giordano, Italian artist (d. 1705)
- December 15 - Thomas Kingo, Danish poet (d. 1703)
[edit] Unknown dates
- (none)
See also Category:1634 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 25 - Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (assassinated) (b. 1583)
- May 12 - George Chapman, English author (born c.1559)
- May 15 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
- June 22 - Johann Graf von Aldringen, Austrian soldier (b. 1588)
- June 25 - John Marston, English dramatist (b. 1576)
- August 9 - William Noy, English jurist (b. 1577)
- August 11 - Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1591)
- August 18 - Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
- September 3 - Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur and jurist (b. 1552)
- December 29 - John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (b. 1568)
- Johan Bara, painter and engraver (b. c. 1581)
- Wigund-Jeronym Trubecki, prince of Trubeck
- See also Category:1634 deaths.
