Major Events
- Jan 28 Sir Thomas Warner founds the first English colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.
- Feb 19 English "Happy Parliament", the final Parliament of King James I opens at Westminster
- Mar 10 England declares war on Spain
- May 3 Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama
- May 7 Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru
- May 8 Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor and Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II sign the Treaty of Vienna, confirming the Peace of Nikolsburg agreed in 1621
- May 10 Dutch admirals Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador da Bahia, the capital of Brazil and a Portuguese stronghold
- May 13 Dutch Admiral Hermites' Nassau fleet blockades Lima, Peru
- Jun 8 Earthquake strikes Peru
- Jun 10 Netherlands & France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiègne
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1st submarine publicly tested in London on the Thames for King James I
Born in 1624
- Jan 3 William Tucker, 1st known African American child born in America, born in Jamestown, Virginia [1]
- Jan 9 Empress Meishō (d. 1696)
- Jan 30 Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher (About Virtue), born in Antwerp (d. 1669)
- Mar 21 François Roberday, French Baroque organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1680)
- Apr 24 Jan Peeters (the Elder), Flemish Baroque painter of stormy seascapes, and draughtsman, born in Antwerp, United Provinces of the Netherlands (d. 1677)
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Who Died in 1624
- Feb 12 George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)
- Feb 13 Stephen Gosson, English satirist (b. 1554)
- Feb 17 Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536)
- Feb 21 Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28
- Jul 25 Steven van der Haghen, Dutch admiral, and governor of Ambon (1617-18), buried after having died from the plague at 61
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