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| Years: 1633 1634 1635 - 1636 - 1637 1638 1639 | |
| Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
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 Williams (theologian) founds Rhode Island
Births
- September 29 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)
- November 1 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, French writer
- Father Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer
Deaths
- June 13 - George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly
- October 19 - Marcin Kazanowski, Polish military leader
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