1626

Years: 1623 1624 1625 - 1626 - 1627 1628 1629

Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1626 in literature 1626 in science

Events

• Spanish establish a trading colony on Taiwan.
• Peter Minuit, director of the New Netherland colony, begins a policy of "purchasing" Manhattan from the Lenape.
• Work begins on building the sailing ship HMS Wasa.
• The Duchy of Urbino is incorporated into the Papal States.
• The English Parliament impeach George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, favorite of Charles I of England.
• Charles I dissolves Parliament.

Births

• February 18/19 - Francesco Redi, physician, refuted abiogenesis (d. 1697)
• October 4 - Richard Cromwell, later Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• December 18 - Princess Christina Alexandra Vasa, later Queen Christina of Sweden.

Deaths

• February 20 - John Dowland, composer and lutenist
• April 9 - Francis Bacon, English scientist and statesman