1624
Years:
1621
1622
1623
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1624
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1625
1626
1627
Decades
:
1590s
1600s
1610s
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1620s
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1630s
1640s
1650s
Centuries
:
16th century
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17th century
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18th century
1624 in literature
1624 in science
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Events
The Netherlands
establish a trading colony at
Kaohsiung
on
Taiwan
.
Thirty
Walloon
families settle in the
New Netherlands
colony.
Oslo
is destroyed by fire. When rebuilt by
Christian IV
, it would be renamed Christiania.
Claudio Monteverdi
publishes
Tancredi e Clorinda
.
Jean Louis Guez de Balzac
publishes his
Lettres
.
Bernardo de Balbuena publishes
El Bernardo
.
Santa Rosalia
makes a miraculous appearance during a
plague
in
Palermo
.
Kalmia latifolia
(mountain laurel) first recorded in America.
Jakob Bartsch records the constellation
Camelopardalis
.
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
is founded.
The
Palace of Versailles
is first built, as a hunting lodge.
Chateau Cheverny
begins construction.
Japanese
Shogun
expels Spanish from the land and severs trade with the
Philippines
Mail service begins in
Denmark
University founded in
Bolivia
War between
England
and
Spain
Cornelius Drebbel
discover
gases
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Births
July -
George Fox
, Quakers founder (+
1691
)
August 25
-
Père François de La Chaise
(+
1709
)
October 30
-
Paul Pellisson
, French author (+
1693
)
Koxinga
, Chinese military leader (+
1662
)
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Deaths
December 5
-
Gaspard Bauhin
, botanist
December 26
-
Simon Marius
, German astronomer
Francesco Andreini
, Italian actor
Gaspard Bauhin
, botanist