On This Day
<<

What Happened in February 1633

>>

Historical Events

  • Feb 2 M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano" premieres in Rome

Galilei and the Inquisition

Feb 13 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun

Astronomer and Physicist Galileo Galilei

St. Peter's Baldachin

Feb 22 St. Peter's Baldachin, the cathedral's sculptural centerpiece, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is inaugurated by Pope Urban VIII in Rome

Baroque Sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Events in 1633

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 1 Gabriel Schütz, German musician, composer, and teacher, born in the Free Imperial City of Lübeck (d. 1710)
  • Feb 16 King Narai 'the Great' of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) (1656-88), (d. 1688)
  • Feb 20 Jan de Baen, Dutch portrait painter and etcher, born in Haarlem, Dutch Republic (d. 1702)

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703)

Feb 23 English navy administrator and Member of Parliament famous for his Diary of the English Restoration period, born in London

Samuel Pepys

Born in 1633


What Happened in 1633

Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.