Editing 1629 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 7]] &ndash;  [[Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate]], the 15-year-old son of the German Palatinate elector, [[Frederick V of the Palatinate|Frederick V]], drowns in an accident while sailing to Amsterdam.
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[Abbas the Great]], one of the greatest rulers in Iranian history and the most powerful of the Safavid dynasty Shahs, dies after a reign of more than 40 years.  
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Safi of Persia|Sam Mirza]], son of the late [[Mohammad Baqer Mirza]] and grandson of [[Abbas the Great]], is crowned as the new Shah of Persia and takes the regnal name Safi.
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)]]: Around 350 English [[Puritans]] on six ships, led by [[Francis Higginson]] in the ''[[Lyon's Whelp]]'', sail from [[Yarmouth, Isle of Wight]], heading to the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] in America. They arrive on June 19.<ref name=Higginson>{{cite book|last=Higginson|first=Thomas|author-link=Thomas Wentworth Higginson|title=Life of Francis Higginson, First Minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|publisher=Dodd, Mead, & Co|location=New York|year=1891|series=Makers of America|page=[https://archive.org/details/lifefrancishigg01higggoog/page/n80 69]|url=https://archive.org/details/lifefrancishigg01higggoog|access-date=2008-12-15}}</ref>
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] is granted a [[royal charter]], and the colony is the first to be created in what will become the United States 150 years later, covering almost all of what will be the U.S. state of [[Massachusetts]].  
* [[March 6]] &ndash;  [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]] issues the [[Edict of Restitution]], ordering all [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] properties lost to [[Protestantism]] since 1552 to be restored. The Edict further provides that Catholics and [[Lutherans]] (but not [[Calvinism|Calvinists]], [[Hussite]]s or members of other [[Christian denomination|sects]]) are to be allowed to practice their faith.
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England]] dissolves [[Parliament of England|Parliament]], starting the [[Eleven Years' Tyranny]] 

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange]] [[Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch|lays siege to]] [['s-Hertogenbosch]], one of Spain's most important fortresses along the Spanish–Dutch border.
* [[May 14]]&ndash;[[May 28|28]] &ndash; [[Huguenot rebellions]]: After a [[Siege of Privas|15-day siege]], [[Louis XIII of France]] captures [[Privas]].
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Christian IV of Denmark]] and [[Albrecht von Wallenstein]] sign the [[Treaty of Lübeck]], ending Denmark's involvement in the Thirty Years' War.
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: Prince [[Frederick III of Denmark|Frederick of Denmark]], the [[Lutheran]] administrator of the [[Prince-Bishopric of Verden]], is expelled by the [[Catholic League (German)|Catholic League]] as a result of the [[Edict of Restitution]]. He is replaced by the staunch [[catholic]] [[Francis of Wartenberg]].
* [[June 4]] &ndash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] ship ''[[Batavia (1628 ship)|Batavia]]'' is wrecked on a reef near [[Houtman Abrolhos|Beacon Island]], off Western Australia, on her maiden voyage to the Indies. Following mutiny among the survivors, two exiled murderers become the first Europeans to settle in Australia. Their subsequent fate is unknown.<ref>{{cite book|first=Geoffrey|last=Blainey|author-link=Geoffrey Blainey|title=The Tyranny of Distance|url=https://archive.org/details/tyrannyofdistanc00blai|url-access=registration|location=Melbourne|publisher=Sun Books|year=1966|isbn=0-7251-0019-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/tyrannyofdistanc00blai/page/5 5]}}</ref>
* [[June 7]] &ndash; The Dutch States-General ratifies the [[Dutch West India Company]]'s [[Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions]], making it more attractive to invest in the [[colony]] of [[New Netherland]] in North America.
* [[June 17]]
** [[Huguenot rebellions]]: [[Alès]] surrenders after [[Siege of Alès|an intense siege]]. As a result, the leader of the Huguenot Rebellions, the [[Henri, Duke of Rohan|Duke of Rohan]], surrenders.
** [[Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630)]]: A Spanish expedition, led by [[Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Mendoza|Fadrique de Toledo]], [[Battle of St. Kitts (1629)|wipes out]] the English colony on [[Nevis]].
*[[June 19]] &ndash; [[Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)]]: The six ships of Puritans, led by [[Francis Higginson]] in the ''[[Lyon's Whelp]]'', arrive in America at [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], to settle in the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]. <ref name=Higginson/>
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Huguenot rebellions]]: [[Louis XIII of France]] signs in his camp at Lédignan the [[Peace of Alès]], ending the Huguenot rebellions. The Huguenots are allowed religious freedom, but lose their political, territorial and military rights.

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 19]] &ndash; [[Anglo-French War (1627–1629)]]: [[New France]]'s [[Samuel de Champlain]] surrenders the city of [[Quebec]] to an English force led by [[David Kirke]].
* [[July 20]] &ndash; In [[Morocco]], the city of [[Salé]] is bombarded by French Admiral [[Isaac de Razilly]] with a fleet composed of the ships Licorne, Saint-Louis, Griffon, Catherine, Hambourg, Sainte-Anne, Saint-Jean; his forces destroyed three corsair ships
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Later Jin invasion of Joseon]]: In the [[Kingdom of Joseon]] (now Korea), Mao Wenlong is executed for smuggling and other crimes after being captured by Ming Chinese general [[Yuan Chonghuan]]. 
* [[August 19]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: The Spanish garrison of [[Wesel]] is surprised by a small Dutch army, and the city is taken by the [[Dutch Republic]]. As Wesel functioned as the principal supply base of [[Hendrik van den Bergh (count)|Hendrik van den Bergh]]'s army, the loss of supply forces him to retreat to the [[Spanish Netherlands]], leaving him unable to intervene in the ongoing [[siege of 's-Hertogenbosch]].
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Huguenot rebellions]]: [[Montauban]], one of the last Huguenot strongholds, [[Surrender of Montauban|surrenders]] without a fight to [[Cardinal Richelieu|Richelieu]]'s troops.
* [[August 26]] &ndash; The [[Cambridge Agreement]] is signed in the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] in America, providing for the colony to be under the control of stockholders who actually emigrate to New England.
* [[August 29]] &ndash; As a result of the [[Cambridge Agreement]], the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] becomes a self-governing entity.
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630)]]: A Spanish expedition, led by [[Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Mendoza|Fadrique de Toledo]], [[Battle of St. Kitts (1629)|wipes out]] the English colony on [[St. Kitts]].
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: After [[Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch|a five-month-long siege]], [['s-Hertogenbosch]] surrenders to [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange|Frederick Henry]]. As a result of the capture of this key fortress, Spain's situation along the Spanish–Dutch border worsens greatly.
* [[September 20]] &ndash;  [[1629–1631 Italian plague]]: the plague arrives in the nation-state of [[Milan]] as German soldiers are granted a stay at the Forte di Fuentes.
* [[September 22]] &ndash; (5 Safar 1039 AH) [[Ahmad ibn Abd al-Muttalib]], who had become [[Emir of Mecca]] and [[King of the Hejaz]] by force 16 months earlier, is assassinated by order of Kansuh Pasha, Governor of Yemen.
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629)]]: [[Sweden]] and the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] sign the [[Truce of Altmark]], ending the war in highly favourable terms for Sweden.

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 2]] &ndash; In what is now the state of [[Western Australia]], administered at the time by the [[Dutch East India Company]], seven members of the crew of the ''Batavia'' are hanged on the [[Houtman Abrolhos|Abrolhos Islands]] for their massacre of 125 passengers and crew.
* [[October 24]] &ndash; Portuguese Navy Captain [[Pedro Teixeira]] leads 2,000 men in the capture of [[Fort Taurege]] from England in what is now Brazil.
* [[November 30]] &ndash; The [[St Etienne baronets]] [[British nobility]] title is created.<ref>{{cite web |title= Leigh Rayment's list of baronets |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage.htm  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021184256/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage.htm |archive-date=21 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[December 22]] &ndash; (Kan'ei 6, 8th day of the 11th month) [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] of Japan abdicates the throne in favor of his daughter, Princess Okiko, who becomes [[Empress Meishō]].
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Giovanni I Cornaro]], [[Doge of Venice|Doge]] of the Republic of Venice since 1625, dies and is succeeded by [[Nicolò Contarini]].

=== Undated ===
* [[Fort Santo Domingo]] is built in [[Taiwan|Formosa]] by the [[Spanish East Indies]].
* [[Chongzhen Emperor|Chongzhen]], the Chinese emperor of the [[Ming dynasty]], reiterates the state prohibition against female [[infanticide]], while the empire and the Chinese economy begins to crumble. In the same year, a third of the [[courier]] stations are closed down due to lack of government funds to sustain them.
* The rule of [[Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba]] ends.
* Actresses are banned in Japan.
* [[William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling]] briefly establishes a Scottish colony at [[Port-Royal (Acadia)|Port Royal]], Nova Scotia.</onlyinclude>
*[[Province of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] is established as a British colony.