Editing 1628 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 19]] &ndash; (26 [[Jumada al-Awwal]] 1037 [[Islamic calendar|A.H.]]) The reign of [[Shahryar Mirza|Salef-ud-din Muhammad Shahryar]] as the Mughal Emperor, Shahryar Mirza, comes to an end a little more than two months after the November 7 death of his father, [[Jahangir]], as Sharyar's older brother, Shihab defeats him in battle. Prince Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram takes the name [[Shah Jahan]] and sentences Shahryar and other members of the court to death.
* [[January 23]] &ndash; After being incarcerated and blinded on orders of his brother, former Mughal Emperor Shahryar Mirza is put to death, along with his nephews, co-ruler [[Dawar Bakhsh]], and Princes Garshasp, Tahmuras and Hoshang. 
* [[February 3]] &ndash; In what is now the South American nation of [[Chile]], the indigenous [[Mapuche]] lay siege to the Spanish colonial settlement of [[Fort Nativity (Fuerte de Nacimiento)|Nacimiento]]. The Spanish captain and a force of 40 men are able to hold out until reinforcements arrive two days later, but the attackers take muskets and two cannons.
* [[February 5]] &ndash; The [[Chongzhen]] Era begins in [[Ming dynasty]] China after the October 2 ascension of Zhu Youjian, the [[Chongzhen Emperor]], on the first day of the Chinese New Year, and the [[Tianqi (era)|Tianqi era]] formally ends.
* [[February 10]] &ndash; King [[Gustavus Adolphus]] of Sweden issues an order bringing an end to the "foolishness and insanity" ("dårskap och galenskap") of religious visionary [[Margareta i Kumla]], prohibiting Swedes from making pilgrimages to see her on pain of imprisonment, and threatening her with incarceration if she continues to preach about her visions from the angels.
* [[February 14]] &ndash; The coronation of [[Shah Jahan]] as ruler of the [[Mughal Empire]] takes place in [[Agra]]. 
* [[March 1]] &ndash; Writs issued in February, by [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]], require every county in England (not just seaport towns) to pay [[ship tax]] by this date.
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Oliver Cromwell]] makes his first appearance in the English [[Parliament]], as Member for [[Huntingdon]].

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Damat Halil Pasha]] is fired from his position as [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] by Sultan [[Murad IV]] after failing again to suppress the rebellion started by [[Abaza Mehmed Pasha]] or to win the war of the Ottomans against Persia. Halil is replaced by [[Gazi Hüsrev Pasha]].
* [[April 8]] &ndash; A decree of the [[Sacred Congregation of Rites]] of the Roman Catholic Church is made to prohibit the veneration of saints whose sanctity has not been declared by the [[Holy See]].
* [[April 21]] &ndash; Generalissimo [[Albrecht von Wallenstein]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] is made Admiral of the Baltic Sea by [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Ferdinand II]]. 
* [[April 26]] &ndash; Cardinal [[Girolamo Grimaldi-Cavalleroni]] is appointed as the Governor of Rome by [[Pope Urban VIII]].
* [[May 5]] &ndash; Catholic League Field Marshal [[Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly]], succeeds in taking control of the German city of [[Stade]] after a long siege. Tilly allows the remaining 3,500 Danish and English defenders safe passage out of Germany, and captures most of the [[Bremen-Verden|Duchy of Bremen]] except for the city of Bremen itself, which he turns to next.
* [[May 13]]
**In North America, [[Matthew Cradock]] is elected by shareholders as the first [[List of colonial governors of Massachusetts|Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company]]. 
**[[Thirty Years' War]]: As a result of its refusal to accept the [[capitulation of Franzburg]], the [[Siege of Stralsund (1628)|siege of Stralsund is begun]] by Field Marshals [[Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg]] and [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|Wallenstein]]'s of the Holy Roman Imperial Army, and lasts until August 4. <ref>''The Cambridge Modern History, Volume IV: The Thirty Years's War'' (The University Press, Cambridge, 1906) pp. 107-108</ref>
* [[May 21]] &ndash; (17 Ramadan 1037 AH) [[Muhsin ibn Husayn]], Emir of Mecca and King of Hejaz, surrenders control to [[Ahmad ibn Abd al-Muttalib]].
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Mehmed III Giray]], the [[Crimean Khanate|Khan of Crimea]], is forced to leave after an invasion of 4,000 Cossacks and a four week siege of the capital [[Bakhchysarai]]. The attack is led by [[Mykhailo Doroshenko]], who is killed in the battle.
* [[June 7]] &ndash; King Charles I reconvenes the English Parliament, and accepts the [[Petition of Right]] as a concession to gain his subsidies.

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 9]] &ndash; Prince [[Minyedeippa]] assassinates his father, [[Anaukpetlun]], [[List of Burmese monarchs|King of Burma]] and takes over the throne upon the death of his father. Minyedeippa is arrested by the palace guards a year later and turned over to Anaukpetlun's brother, Thalun, for execution. 
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: With the help of Danish and Swedish reinforcements, [[Stralsund]] is able to resist Wallenstein's [[Siege of Stralsund (1628)|siege]] until the landing of a Danish army, led by [[Christian IV of Denmark]], forces Wallenstein to raise the siege, and move his army to confront the new threat.
* [[August 10]] &ndash; The Swedish 64-gun sailing ship ''[[Vasa (ship)|Vasa]]'' sinks 20 minutes into her maiden voyage, in [[Stockholm]] Harbor.
* [[August 22]] &ndash; [[Sultan Agung of Mataram]] (located on the island of [[Java]] sends a fleet of ships to [[Siege of Batavia|besiege the Dutch fort at Batavia]] (now Jakarta, Indonesia). The siege fails after four months.
* [[August 23]] &ndash; English courtier [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|George Villiers]], the first [[Duke of Buckingham]], is assassinated by [[John Felton (assassin)|John Felton]].
* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Wolgast]]: [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|Wallenstein]] defeats [[Christian IV of Denmark]]'s army.
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[Puritans]] settle [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], which will later become part of [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mortimer Jerome Adler|title=Webster's Guide to American History: A Chronological, Geographical, and Biographical Survey and Compendium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVU6DS6Re8gC&pg=PA11|year=1971|publisher=Merriam-Webster|isbn=978-0-87779-081-5|pages=11|language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 7]]&ndash;[[September 8|8]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]] &ndash; [[Battle in the Bay of Matanzas]]: Dutch admiral [[Piet Pieterszoon Hein|Piet Hein]] captures 16 ships of the [[Spanish treasure fleet]]. The immense [[Treasure|booty]] taken brings in over 11 million [[guilder]]s, part of which is used to fund the entire army of the [[Dutch Republic]] for eight months.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; In a persecution of Christians in Japan, [[205 Martyrs of Japan|21 Christian converts are executed]] on the same day.

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Abaza Mehmed Pasha]] surrenders to [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces, ending the [[Abaza rebellion]].
* [[October 28]] &ndash; The [[siege of La Rochelle]] ends with the surrender of the [[Huguenot]]s.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Mack P. Holt|title=The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dUBQKCEhylIC&pg=PA186|date=19 October 1995|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-35873-6|pages=186|language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] &ndash; English Army Lieutenant [[John Felton (assassin)|John Felton]], who stabbed the Duke of Buckingham to death on August 23, is hanged at Tyburn prison.
* [[December 3]] &ndash; The attempt by the [[Mataram Sultanate]] to drive the Dutch East India Company from the western part of the island of [[Java]] fails after 103 days.
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Imaduddin I]] becomes the [[Sultan of Maldives]] and reigns for the next 29 years. 
* [[December 12]] &ndash; At the age of 15, [[Chetthathirat]] is crowned as the new [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|King of Thailand]] upon the death of his father, [[Songtham|Intharacha III]]. Prince Chetthathirat takes the regnal name of Borommaracha II and is killed less than a year later.
* [[December 16]] &ndash; In the Joseon Kingdom of Korea, [[O Yun-gyeom]] becomes the new ''[[Yeonguijeong]]'' (Chief of the State Council, similar to Prime Minister) during the reign of [[Injo of Joseon|King Injo]].

=== Date unknown ===
* The [[War of the Mantuan Succession]] breaks out over [[Duchy of Mantua|Mantua]] and [[Montferrat]]. The war is fought between the [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy|Duke of Savoy]], who is supported by Spain, and the [[Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat|Duke of Nevers]], who is supported by France.
* [[William Harvey]] publishes ''[[Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus]]'' in [[Frankfurt]], containing his findings about [[blood circulation]].
* Publication of Sir [[Edward Coke]]'s ''[[Institutes of the Lawes of England]]'' begins with ''A Commentary upon [[Thomas de Littleton|Littleton]]''. This will remain an influential legal text on both sides of the Atlantic for three centuries.
* The [[Collegiate School (New York City)|Collegiate School]], the oldest surviving educational institution in the United States, is established.
* The first black slaves arrive in Dutch Manhattan.</onlyinclude>