A naval battle takes place in the Indian Ocean off the coast of
Goa in South India as a Netherlands fleet commanded by Admiral Adam Westerwolt decimates the Portuguese fleet.
A fleet of 80 Spanish ships led by Governor-General
Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera attacks the Sultanate of Sulu in the Philippines by beginning an invasion of
Jolo island, but
Sultan Muwallil Wasit I puts up a stiff resistance.
April 14 – The Netherlands colonizes
Mauritius, with colonists from the ship Dragon going ashore after sighting it the day before, an event chronicled by British traveler
Peter Mundy.[5][6]
April 15 –
Shogunate forces defeat the last remnants of the
Shimabara Rebellion, in the fortress of Hara. In the aftermath, suppression of Christianity is strictly enforced, Portuguese traders are expelled and Japan enters more than two centuries of isolationism.
July 16 –
Thirty Years War: The
siege of Saint-Omer ends after almost two months as the French-held Flemish city falls after being besieged by Spanish and German troops.
August 15 – The Portuguese expedition led by
Pedro Teixeira completes the first ascent of the
Amazon River, crossing the Quijos River and arriving at
Quito in
Ecuador soon after (the same trip had been made in the opposite direction, in
1541).
November 24 –
New Haven, the first planned city in America, is founded when local Indians make a deed of Quinnipiac to Theophilus Eaton and other English settlers.[12]
^Lynch, Michael, ed. (2011). The Oxford Companion to Scottish History. Oxford University Press. p. 436.
ISBN9780199693054.
^Parrott, David (2001). Richelieu's army: war, government, and society in France, 1624-1642. Cambridge University Press. p. 205.
ISBN9780521792097.
^G. P. Tate, The Kingdom of Afghanistan: A Historical Sketch (Times of India, 1911) p. 205
^George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania: A History (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1926) p. 31
^Peter Mundy, ed. by Lavinia Mary Anstey, The Travels of Peter Mundy in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667 (Hakluyt Society, 1919) p. 343
^Jolyon C. Parish, The Dodo and the Solitaire: A Natural History (Indiana University Press, 2013) p.37
^Laura A. Macaluso, Historic Treasures of New Haven: Celebrating 375 Years of the Elm City (Arcadia Publishing, 2013)
^J. P. Edmond, The Aberdeen Printers: 1638-1682 (J. & J. P. Edmond & Spark, 1884) p.65
^Guy Le Moing, Les 600 plus grandes batailles navales de l'Histoire (in French)(Marines Editions, 2011) p.309
^"Suomen julkinen postilaitos perustettin 6.9.1638, joloin hyvakayttiin Tukholman-Kakisalmen linjalle postitaksa". Aili Rytkonen Bell and Augustus A. Koski, Finnish Graded Reader (Foreign Service Institute, 1968) p. 268
^James Pagan, Sketch of the History of Glasgow (Robert Stuart and Company, 1847) p. 35
^"The New Haven Colony", by Henry White, in Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society (New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1865) p.3
^Nadler, Steven (2000). The Cambridge companion to Malebranche. Cambridge England New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 2.
ISBN9780521627290.
A naval battle takes place in the Indian Ocean off the coast of
Goa in South India as a Netherlands fleet commanded by Admiral Adam Westerwolt decimates the Portuguese fleet.
A fleet of 80 Spanish ships led by Governor-General
Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera attacks the Sultanate of Sulu in the Philippines by beginning an invasion of
Jolo island, but
Sultan Muwallil Wasit I puts up a stiff resistance.
April 14 – The Netherlands colonizes
Mauritius, with colonists from the ship Dragon going ashore after sighting it the day before, an event chronicled by British traveler
Peter Mundy.[5][6]
April 15 –
Shogunate forces defeat the last remnants of the
Shimabara Rebellion, in the fortress of Hara. In the aftermath, suppression of Christianity is strictly enforced, Portuguese traders are expelled and Japan enters more than two centuries of isolationism.
July 16 –
Thirty Years War: The
siege of Saint-Omer ends after almost two months as the French-held Flemish city falls after being besieged by Spanish and German troops.
August 15 – The Portuguese expedition led by
Pedro Teixeira completes the first ascent of the
Amazon River, crossing the Quijos River and arriving at
Quito in
Ecuador soon after (the same trip had been made in the opposite direction, in
1541).
November 24 –
New Haven, the first planned city in America, is founded when local Indians make a deed of Quinnipiac to Theophilus Eaton and other English settlers.[12]
^Lynch, Michael, ed. (2011). The Oxford Companion to Scottish History. Oxford University Press. p. 436.
ISBN9780199693054.
^Parrott, David (2001). Richelieu's army: war, government, and society in France, 1624-1642. Cambridge University Press. p. 205.
ISBN9780521792097.
^G. P. Tate, The Kingdom of Afghanistan: A Historical Sketch (Times of India, 1911) p. 205
^George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania: A History (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1926) p. 31
^Peter Mundy, ed. by Lavinia Mary Anstey, The Travels of Peter Mundy in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667 (Hakluyt Society, 1919) p. 343
^Jolyon C. Parish, The Dodo and the Solitaire: A Natural History (Indiana University Press, 2013) p.37
^Laura A. Macaluso, Historic Treasures of New Haven: Celebrating 375 Years of the Elm City (Arcadia Publishing, 2013)
^J. P. Edmond, The Aberdeen Printers: 1638-1682 (J. & J. P. Edmond & Spark, 1884) p.65
^Guy Le Moing, Les 600 plus grandes batailles navales de l'Histoire (in French)(Marines Editions, 2011) p.309
^"Suomen julkinen postilaitos perustettin 6.9.1638, joloin hyvakayttiin Tukholman-Kakisalmen linjalle postitaksa". Aili Rytkonen Bell and Augustus A. Koski, Finnish Graded Reader (Foreign Service Institute, 1968) p. 268
^James Pagan, Sketch of the History of Glasgow (Robert Stuart and Company, 1847) p. 35
^"The New Haven Colony", by Henry White, in Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society (New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1865) p.3
^Nadler, Steven (2000). The Cambridge companion to Malebranche. Cambridge England New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 2.
ISBN9780521627290.