1636

Years: 1633 1634 1635 - 1636 - 1637 1638 1639

Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1636 in literature 1636 in science

Events

• February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers
• March 26 - Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands.
• September 8 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes Harvard College as the first college founded in the Americas.

• The first American ancestor of John Adams emigrates to Massachusetts.
• Dedham,_Massachusetts is incorporated.
• First performance of Pierre Corneille's play, Le Cid
• Manchurian Later Jin dynasty was renamed to Qing Dynasty.
• Shogun forbids Japanese to travel abroad and those abroad from returning home
• Roger William founds Rhode Island

Births

• Father Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer