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| Years: 1624 1625 1626 - 1627 - 1628 1629 1630 | |
| Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia.
- The aurochs are hunted to extinction, the last being killed by poachers in Poland.
- England places the first European settlers on Barbados.
- Siege of La Rochelle begins
- Korea becomes a tributary state of China
Births
- January 25 - Robert Boyle, chemist († 1691)
- November 29 - John Ray, biologist
- Shivaji
- Sir Stephen Fox
- Sir John Flavel
- Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
- Philip Fruytiers
- John Wilson
Deaths
- April 19 - Sir John Beaumont
- June 27 - Sir John Hayward
- September 20 - Jan Gruter (or Gruytere)
- Sir John Suckling
- Thomas Middleton
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