1632
Years:
1629 1630 1631 - 1632 - 1633 1634 1635Decades:
1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660sCenturies:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1632 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music
- See also: 1632 (novel)
Events
- February 22 - Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published
- July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe
- November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death
- November 16 - Battle of Lützen
- Fasildos succeeds his father Sissinios as Emperor of Ethiopia
- Christina becomes queen of Sweden; five regents, headed by Axel Oxenstierna, govern country.
- Antigua and Barbuda is first colonized by England
- Portuguese driven out of Bengal.
- Charles I of England issues charter for the colony of Maryland (named in honor of Henrietta Maria), under control of Lord Baltimore.
- Sir Francis Windebank made chief Secretary of State in England.
- University of Tartu in Estonia founded
- Yakutsk in Russia founded
Births
- January 8 - Samuel von Pufendorf, German jurist (d. 1694)
- January 29 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)
- May 8 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin (d. 1706)
- June 10 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (d. 1710)
- August 20 - Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)
- August 29 - John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
- October 20 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1723)
- October 24 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist (d. 1723)
- October 31 - Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
- November 23 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
- November 24 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d. 1677)
- November 28 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (d. 1687)
- December 17 - Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (d. 1695)
See also @ 1632 births.
Deaths
- date unknown - Domhnall Spainnach MacMurrough-Kavanagh, last de facto King of Leinster
- January 31 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
- April 19 - Sigismund III Vasa, King of Sweden and Poland (b. 1566)
- April 30 - Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
- May 25 - Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
- June 22 - James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)
- August 25 - Thomas Dekker, English dramatist
- September 13 - Leopold V of Austria, regent of Tyrol (b. 1586)
- October 12 - Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)
- October 30 - Henri II de Montmorency, French naval officer and Governor of Languedoc (b. 1595)
- November 6 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (killed in battle) (b. 1594)
- November 17 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594)
- November 27 - John Eliot, English statesman (b. 1592)
- November 29 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)
- December 7 - Emperor Sissinios of Ethiopia (b. 1607)
- December 8 - Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)
See also @ 1632 deaths.