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| Years: 1632 1633 1634 - 1635 - 1636 1637 1638 | |
| Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite.
- April 13 – Maronite warlord Fah-al-Din II executed in Constantinople
- October 9 - Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
- Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
- Martinique is settled by France.
- Dominica is claimed by France.
- Franco-Swed. treaty of alliance signed by Cardinal Richelieu and Axel Oxtenstierna .
- Académie Française expanded nationally by Cardinal Richelieu.
- Colonization of Connecticut begins.
- Nagyszombat University (predecessor of Budapest University) established.
- The speed limit for the Hackney carriage in London is set at 3 m.p.h.
Births
- July 18 - Robert Hooke, English scientist.
- Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer (approximate date).
Deaths
- August 27 - Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
- November - Thomas Parr, English man claiming to be 152 years old.
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