Major Events
- Mar 26 University of Utrecht opening ceremony
- Apr 29 Prince Frederick Henry occupies Schenkenschans fortress after a nine-month siege during the Dutch Revolt
- Jul 4 City of Providence, Rhode Island form
- Aug 4 Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
- Aug 14 Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens
- Aug 18 The Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed.
- Oct 4 Battle at Wittstock, Brandenburg: Sweden beat Ferdinand III
- Oct 4 In Massachusetts the Plymouth Colony's 1st law drafted
- Oct 28 Harvard University, Cambridge, founded by a vote of the Massachusetts General Court
- Nov 17 Brazilian general Henrique Dias wins a decisive battle against the Dutch in Brazil
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Born in 1636
- Feb 12 Herman Witsius [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist, born in Enkhuizen (d. 1708)
- Apr 29 Esaias Reusner, German lutenist and composer, born in Lwówek Śląski, Poland (d. 1679)
- Jun 15 Johann David Mayer, German composer, born in Schwäbisch Hall (d. 1696)
- Jul 2 Daniel Speer, German composer, born in Breslau (d. 1707)
- Sep 18 Pietro Sanmartini, Italian composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1701)
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Who Died in 1636
- Jan 26 Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- Feb 22 Santorio Sanctorius, Venetian physiologist and physician (invented thermometer), dies at 74
- Apr 18 Julius Caesar, English lawyer and judge, dies at 78
- Jun 13 George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
- Jul 20 John Oldham, English-born Puritan settler in Massachusetts, murdered by Indians at 44
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