1624

1624 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1624; MDCXXIV
Ab urbe condita	2377
Armenian calendar	1073; ԹՎ ՌՀԳ
Assyrian calendar	6374
Balinese saka calendar	1545–1546
Bengali calendar	1031
Berber calendar	2574
English Regnal year	21 Ja. 1 – 22 Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar	2168
Burmese calendar	986
Byzantine calendar	7132–7133
Chinese calendar	癸亥年 (Water Pig); 4320 or 4260; — to —; 甲子年 (Wood Rat); 4321 or 4261
Coptic calendar	1340–1341
Discordian calendar	2790
Ethiopian calendar	1616–1617
Hebrew calendar	5384–5385
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1680–1681
- Shaka Samvat	1545–1546
- Kali Yuga	4724–4725
Holocene calendar	11624
Igbo calendar	624–625
Iranian calendar	1002–1003
Islamic calendar	1033–1034
Japanese calendar	Genna 10 / Kan'ei 1; (寛永元年)
Javanese calendar	1545–1546
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3957
Minguo calendar	288 before ROC; 民前288年
Nanakshahi calendar	156
Thai solar calendar	2166–2167
Tibetan calendar	阴水猪年; (female Water-Pig); 1750 or 1369 or 597; — to —; 阳木鼠年; (male Wood-Rat); 1751 or 1370 or 598

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century; 17th century ; 18th century;
Decades:	1600s; 1610s; 1620s; 1630s; 1640s;
Years:	1621; 1622; 1623; 1624; 1625; 1626; 1627;

May 8: Capture of Bahia

1624 (MDCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1624th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 624th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1624, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events[edit]

January–June[edit]

January 14 – After 90 years of Ottoman occupation, the Safavid Empire recaptures Baghdad.
January 24 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
April 15 – The University of Saint Francis Xavier is founded in Bolivia.
April 29 – Louis XIII of France appoints Cardinal Richelieu chief minister of the Royal Council.
May 8 – Capture of Bahia: A Dutch West India Company fleet captures the Brazilian city of Salvador, Bahia from the Portuguese Empire (at this time in the Iberian Union).
May 24 – After years of unprofitable operation, Virginia's charter is revoked, and it becomes a royal colony.
May 25 – The Scottish city of Dunfermline is destroyed by fire, but The Abbey, The Palace, the Abbot House and many other buildings survive.
June – The first Dutch settlers arrive in New Netherland; they disembark at Governors Island.
June 10 – Treaty of Compiègne is signed, between the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic.

July–December[edit]

July or August – Portuguese Jesuit priest António de Andrade becomes the first European to enter Tibet.
August
- The Siege of Breda begins, and will continue for 10 months.
- Chinese admiral Yu Zigao forces the Dutch East India Company to withdraw from their post at Penghu, to Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan).
August 5–14 – The King's Men perform Thomas Middleton's satire A Game at Chess at the Globe Theatre, London, until it is suppressed in view of its allusions to the Spanish Match.
August 13 – Cardinal Richelieu is appointed by Louis XIII of France to be his first minister, following the arrest of his predecessor the previous day.
October – Action of October 1624: A Tuscan/Papal/Neapolitan galley fleet defeats the Algerians near Sardinia.
December 24 – Denmark's first postal service is launched by order of King Christian IV.

Date unknown[edit]

The city of Oslo, Norway is destroyed by fire for the fourteenth time; King Christian IV of Denmark–Norway decrees its rebuilding on a new site, where it will be renamed Christiania.
The Palace of Versailles is first built by Louis XIII, as a hunting lodge.
The Japanese shōgun expels the Spanish from the land, and severs trade with the Philippines.
Henry Briggs publishes Arithmetica Logarithmica.
Jakob Bartsch first publishes a chart, showing the constellation Camelopardalis around the North Star.
The French Parlement passes a decree forbidding criticism of Aristotle, on pain of death.^[1]
Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba starts to rule.
The Latymer School and Latymer Upper School in London are founded, by the bequest of Edward Latymer.
Frans Hals produces the painting later known as the Laughing Cavalier.^[2]
The German-language Luther Bible is publicly burned, by order of the Pope.

Births[edit]

Guarino Guarini

Pierre Lambert de la Motte

January–March[edit]

January 7 – Guarino Guarini, Italian architect of the Piedmontese Baroque (d. 1683)
January 9 – Empress Meishō of Japan (d. 1696)
January 15 – Rombout Verhulst, Dutch sculptor (d. 1698)
January 16 – Pierre Lambert de la Motte, French bishop (d. 1679)
January 18 – Thyrsus González de Santalla, Spanish theologian who was elected (d. 1705)
January 26 – George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1705)
January 31 – Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher (d. 1669)
February 11
- Ivan Ančić, Croatian theological writer (d. 1685)
- Lambert Doomer, Dutch Golden Age landscape painter (d. 1700)
February 23 – Robert Treat, American colonial leader (d. 1710)
March – Jane Leade, English esotericist (d. 1704)
March 6 – Johann Georg Albinus, German pastor and hymnist (d. 1679)
March 12 – Damian Hartard von der Leyen-Hohengeroldseck, German archbishop (d. 1678)
March 20 – William Jones, English lawyer, Deputy Governor of Connecticut (d. 1706)
March 21
- François Roberday, French Baroque organist and composer (d. 1680)
- Paolo Segneri, Italian Jesuit (d. 1694)
March 25 – William Pulteney, English Member of Parliament (d. 1691)
March 31 – Antoine Pagi, French ecclesiastical historian (d. 1699)

April–June[edit]

April 4 – François Marie, Prince of Lillebonne, French nobleman and member of the House of Lorraine (d. 1694)
April 9 – Henrik Rysensteen, Dutch military engineer (d. 1679)
April 12 – Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (d. 1652)
April 15 – Pieter Nijs, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1681)
April 20 – Samuel Mearne, English Restoration bookbinder and publisher (d. 1683)
April 24 – Jan Peeters I, Flemish Baroque painter (d. 1677)
April 25 – Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet, English baronet (d. 1669)
April 26 – Johann Leusden, Dutch Calvinist theologian (d. 1699)
May 13 – Aleksander Kazimierz Sapieha, Polish nobleman and archbishop (d. 1671)
May 23 – William Duckett, English politician (d. 1686)
May 30 – Leopold Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, German noble (d. 1662)
June 11 – Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, French cleric and natural philosopher (d. 1706)
June 15 – Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)
June 16 – William Bradford, American political and military leader (d. 1703)
June 20 – Henry Albin, English minister (d. 1696)
June 26 – James Scudamore, English politician (d. 1668)

July–September[edit]

July – George Fox, English founder of the Quakers (d. 1691)
July 11 – John Collins, English academic and politician (d. 1711)
July 18 – Francis Pemberton, English judge, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench (d. 1697)
August 6 – Charles Kerr, 2nd Earl of Ancram, English politician (d. 1690)
August 11 – John Strode, English politician (d. 1679)
August 22 – Jean Regnault de Segrais, French poet and novelist born in Caen (d. 1701)
August 23 – Anna Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg, Landgravine consort of Hesse-Homburg (d. 1688)
August 24 – Petronella de la Court, Dutch art collector (d. 1707)
August 25 – François de la Chaise, French churchman (d. 1709)
August 27 – Koxinga, Chinese military leader (d. 1662)
September 1 – Simón González de Acosta, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1653)
September 10 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)
September 12 – Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass, English nobleman (d. 1668)
September 15 – Francesco Provenzale, Italian Baroque composer and teacher (d. 1704)