What Happened in 1632

Major Events

  • Feb 22 Galileo Galilei's book "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" is published comparing the Copernican and Ptolemaic systems and whether the Earth orbits the sun
  • Mar 29 Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returns Quebec to French control after the English seized it in 1629
  • Apr 15 Battle of Rain; Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat Count Tilly of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.

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