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{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2011}} {{Year dab|1636}} {{Year nav|1636}} [[File:Gerrit van Santen - Het beleg van Schenckenschans door prins Frederik Hendrik, april 1636.jpg|300px|thumb|[[April 30]]: The [[Dutch Republic]] recaptures the fortress of Schenckenschans from the Spanish after a costly nine-month siege.]] [[File:The Battle of Wittstock 1636.jpg|300px|thumb|[[October 4]]: Sweden defeats the Holy Roman Empire in the [[Battle of Wittstock]]]] {{C17 year in topic}} {{Year article header|1636}} == Events == <onlyinclude> === January–March === * [[January 1]] – [[Anthony van Diemen]] takes office as [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (now Indonesia), and will serve until his death in 1645. * [[January 18]] – ''[[The Duke's Mistress]]'', the last play by [[James Shirley]], is given its first performance. * [[February 21]] – [[Al Walid ben Zidan]], [[List of rulers of Morocco|Sultan of Morocco]], is assassinated by French renegades. * [[February 26]] – Nimi a Lukeni a Nzenze a Ntumba is installed as [[Álvaro VI of Kongo|King Alvaro VI]] of [[Kingdom of Kongo|Kongo]], in the area now occupied by the African nation of [[Angola]], and rules until his death on February 22, 1641. * [[March 5]] (February 24 [[Old Style]]) – King [[Christian IV of Denmark and Norway]] gives an order, that all [[beggar]]s that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen, to build ships or to work as [[galley]] rowers. * [[March 13]] (March 3 [[Old Style]]) – A "great charter" to the [[University of Oxford]] establishes the [[Oxford University Press]], as the second of the [[privileged presses]] in England.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Short History of Oxford University Press|url=http://global.oup.com/about/oup_history/?AB=B&cc=gb|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|access-date=2013-07-30}}</ref> * [[March 26]] – [[Utrecht University]] is founded in the [[Dutch Republic]]. === April–June === * [[April 30]] – [[Eighty Years' War]]: The nine-month [[Siege of Schenkenschans]] ends, when forces of the Dutch Republic recapture the strategically important fort from the Spanish. * [[May 14]] – [[William Pynchon]] and his men establish the settlement of Agawam Plantation (now [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]) in territory controlled by the [[Agawam people]], a subset of the [[Algonquian peoples]], and negotiate for its purchase for Britain's [[Connecticut Colony]].<ref>Esther M. Swift, ''West Springfield Massachusetts: A Town History'' (West Springfield Heritage Association, 1969)</ref> The Agawams deed the land to Connecticut on [[July 15]], and the area is later deeded by Connecticut to the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]. * [[June 20]] – [[Roger Williams]] and other Puritan settlers become founders of the colony of [[Providence Plantations]], which later joins neighbouring territory to become the [[colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]]. The area today is the U.S. state of [[Rhode Island]]. * [[June 22]] – The [[Battle of Tornavento]] is fought in north-west Italy in the course of the [[Thirty Years' War]], as France and Savoy respond to an attack by Spain. While the battle is a stalemate, the city of [[Castano Primo]] is heavily damaged. === July–September === * [[July 10]] – The Senate of the Venetian Republic votes, 82 to 4, in favor of renewing the charter of Jewish merchants to sell within the city, after a delay of almost six months.<ref>Simone Luzzatto, ''Discourse on the State of the Jews'' (De Gruyter, 2019) p. 257</ref> * [[July 20]] – The Pequot War begins in New England when John Oldham and several of his crew are killed when his ship is attacked and robbed, apparently by allies of the Narragansett Indians at Block Island.<ref>Gabriele Esposito, ''Armies of Early Colonial North America, 1607–1713: History, Organization and Uniforms'' (Pen & Sword Books, 2018)</ref> * [[July 30]] – In France, [[Cardinal Richelieu]] persuades King Louis XIII to issue an ''ordonnance'' excusing the French nobility from military service if they pay a tax which allows the hiring of paid cavalry.<ref>Stéphane Thion, ''French Armies of the Thirty Years' War'' (LRT Editions, 2013) p. 86</ref> * [[August 15]] – The Spanish besiege [[Corbie]], [[Kingdom of France|France]]. * [[August 25]] (August 15 [[Old Style]]) – The covenant of the Town of [[Dedham, Massachusetts|Dedham]], [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] is first signed. * [[September 18]] (September 8 [[Old Style]]) – A vote of the [[Great and General Court]] of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] establishes [[Harvard University|New College]] ([[Harvard University]]), as the first college founded in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Morison | first = Samuel | title = Three centuries of Harvard, 1636-1926 | publisher = Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | location = Cambridge, Mass | year = 1964 | isbn = 9780674888913 |page=5|language=en}}</ref> === October–December === * [[October 4]] (September 24 [[Old Style]]) – [[Thirty Years' War]] – [[Battle of Wittstock]]: A Swedish-allied army defeats a combined [[Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor|Imperial]]-[[Saxony|Saxon]] army. * [[October 28]] – [[Harvard University]] was founded. * [[November 5]] – English theologian [[Henry Burton (theologian)|Henry Burton]] preaches two sermons on Guy Fawkes Day, heavily critical of the Anglican bishops, and is soon summoned before the Star Chamber.<ref>"Popes and Guys and Anti-Catholicism", by Justin Champion, in ''Gunpowder Plots: A Celebration of 400 Years of Bonfire Night'', ed. by Antonia Fraser (Penguin, 2005)</ref> * [[December 23]] (December 13 [[Old Style]]) – The [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] organizes three [[militia]] regiments to defend the colony against the [[Pequot]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]]. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the [[United States National Guard]]. === Date unknown === * [[Thirty Years' War]]: French intervention starts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1636 |title=Historical Events for Year 1636 | OnThisDay.com |website=Historyorb.com |access-date=2016-06-24}}</ref> * [[Manchus]] occupy the [[Liaoning]] region in north [[China]], select [[Shenyang]] ([[Mukden]]) as their capital, and proclaim the new [[Qing dynasty]] (''pure''). * [[Kohra (estate)]] is founded by [[Babu Himmat Sah]]. * The ''[[shōgun]]'' forbids Japanese to travel abroad, and those abroad from returning home. * Emperor [[Fasilides]] founds the city of [[Gondar]], which becomes the capital of [[Ethiopia]] for the next two centuries. * The first American ancestor of [[John Adams]], Henry Adams, emigrates to [[Massachusetts]]. * The first [[synagogue]] of the [[New World]], [[Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue]], is founded in [[Recife]] by the [[Dutch (ethnic group)|Dutch]].</onlyinclude> == Births == [[File:Laura Mancini 01.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Laura Mancini]]]] [[File:Gregório de Matos.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Gregório de Matos]]]] [[File:Justina Siegmundin1.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Justine Siegemund]]]] === January–March === * [[January 1]] – [[Jacques Cassagne]], French clergyman (d. [[1679]]) * [[January 8]] – [[Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra]], Spanish noble (d. [[1692]]) * [[January 12]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer]], French painter (d. [[1699]]) * [[January 20]] – Count [[Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] (d. [[1689]]) * [[February 6]] – [[Heiman Dullaart]], Dutch painter (d. [[1684]]) * [[February 12]] – [[Hermann Witsius]], Dutch theologian (d. [[1708]]) * [[February 16]] – [[Shubael Dummer]], American Congregational church minister (d. [[1692]]) * [[March 1]] – [[Giacinto Camillo Maradei]], Italian Catholic prelate, Bishop of Policastro (d. [[1705]]) * [[March 8]] – [[Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian]] (d. [[1703]]) * [[March 13]] – [[Ulrik Huber]], Dutch philosopher (d. [[1694]]) * [[March 25]] – [[Henric Piccardt]], Dutch lawyer (d. [[1712]]) === April–June === * [[April 6]] – [[Noël Bouton de Chamilly]], Marshal of France (d. [[1715]]) * [[April 10]] – [[Balthasar Kindermann]], German poet (d. [[1706]]) * [[April 13]] – [[Hendrik van Rheede]], Dutch botanist (d. [[1691]]) * [[April 29]] – [[Esaias Reusner]], German lutenist and composer (d. [[1679]]) * [[May 6]] – [[Laura Mancini]], French court beauty (d. [[1657]]) * [[May 17]] – [[Edward Colman (martyr)|Edward Colman]], English Catholic courtier under Charles II (d. [[1678]]) * [[May 22]] – [[Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (d. [[1687]]) * [[May 27]] – [[Thormodus Torfæus]], Icelandic historian (d. [[1719]]) * [[June 3]] – [[John Hale (Beverly minister)|John Hale]], Beverly minister (d. [[1700]]) * [[June 15]] ** [[Sir Thomas Slingsby, 2nd Baronet]] of England (d. [[1688]]) ** [[Charles de La Fosse]], French painter (d. [[1716]]) * [[June 21]] – [[Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon]], French noble (d. [[1721]]) * [[June 29]] – [[Thomas Hyde]], English orientalist (d. [[1703]]) === July–September === * [[July 2]] – [[Daniel Speer]], German Baroque composer and writer (d. [[1709]]) * [[July 12]] – [[Count Ferdinand Edzard of East Frisia]], German nobleman (d. [[1668]]) * [[July 31]] – [[Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen]], major general in Brunswick and co-ruler of Waldeck-Wildungen (d. [[1669]]) * [[August 25]] – [[Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart]], French military man, brother of [[Madame de Montespan]] (d. [[1688]]) * [[September 5]] – [[Ignace-Gaston Pardies]], French physicist (d. [[1673]]) * [[September 24]] – [[Francesco Vaccaro (painter)|Francesco Vaccaro]], Italian painter (d. [[1675]]) * [[September 25]] – [[Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein]], German prince (d. [[1698]]) * [[September 28]] – [[Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]], Prussian royal consort (d. [[1689]]) * [[September 29]] – [[Thomas Tenison]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (d. [[1715]]) === October–December === * [[October 6]] – [[George Frederick, Count of Erbach-Breuberg]], Count of Erbach and Breuberg (1653) (d. [[1653]]) * [[October 15]] – [[John Strangways (died 1676)|John Strangways]], English politician (d. [[1676]]) * [[October 23]] – [[Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp]], queen consort of King Charles X of Sweden (d. [[1715]]) * [[October 31]] – [[Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria]], Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector of the Holy Roman Empire (d. [[1679]]) * [[November 1]] – [[Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux]], French poet and critic (d. [[1711]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Rogal | first = Samuel | title = Calendar of literary facts : a daily and yearly guide to noteworthy events in world literature from 1450 to the present | publisher = Gale Research | location = Detroit | year = 1991 | isbn = 9780810329430 | page=26|language=en}}</ref> * [[November 2]] – [[Edward Colston]], Bristol-born English slave trader (d. [[1721]]) * [[November 6]] ** [[Princess Catherine Beatrice of Savoy]], daughter of the Duke of Savoy (d. [[1637]]) ** [[Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy]], wife of Ferdinand Maria (d. [[1676]]) * [[November 11]] – [[Yan Ruoqu]], Chinese scholar (d. [[1704]]) * [[November 14]] – [[Pierre du Cambout de Coislin]], French prelate (d. [[1706]]) * [[November 30]] ** [[Johannes Fabritius]], Dutch painter (d. [[1693]]) ** [[Adriaen van de Velde]], Dutch painter (d. [[1672]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Sutton | first = Peter | title = The golden age of Dutch landscape painting | publisher = Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza | location = Madrid | year = 1994 | isbn = 9788488474162 |page=274}}</ref> * [[December 1]] – [[Elizabeth Capell, Countess of Essex]], British countess (d. [[1718]]) * [[December 23]] – [[Gregório de Matos]], Brazilian poet and lawyer (d. [[1696]]) * [[December 26]] – [[Justine Siegemund]], German writer (d. [[1705]]) * [[December 27]] – [[William Whitelock]], English gentleman, Member of Parliament (d. [[1717]]) === date unknown === * [[Mary Rowlandson]], American author and captive during King Philip's War (d. [[1711]]) * [[George Etherege]], English playwright (d. [[1692]]) == Deaths == [[File:Date Masamune02.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Date Masamune]]]] [[File:Frans Hals (I) 122.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Johannes Saeckma]]]] * [[January 11]] – [[Dodo zu Innhausen und Knyphausen|Dodo Knyphausen]], Swedish military leader (b. [[1583]]) * [[January 16]] – [[Queen Inyeol]], Korean royal consort (b. [[1594]]) * [[January 19]] – [[Daniel Schwenter]], German Orientalist (b. [[1585]]) * [[January 26]] – [[Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul]], French diplomat (b. [[1552]]) * [[February 13]] – [[Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg]], duchess consort and later regent of Württemberg (b. [[1584]]) * [[February 16]] – [[Tokuhime (1559–1636)|Tokuhime]], Japanese noble (b. [[1559]]) * [[February 22]] – [[Santorio Santorio]], Italian physician (b. [[1561]]) * [[March 11]] – [[Christoph Grienberger]], Austrian astronomer (b. [[1561]]) * [[March 24]] – [[Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg]], countess consort of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg (b. [[1564]]) * [[April 6]] – [[Philipp Uffenbach]], German artist (b. [[1566]]) * [[April 18]] – [[Julius Caesar (judge)|Julius Caesar]], English judge (b. c.[[1557]]) * [[April 23]] – [[John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (b. [[1590]]) * [[May 23]] – [[Agatha Marie of Hanau]], German noblewoman (b. [[1599]]) * [[June 7]] – [[Frederik Coning]], Dutch member of the Haarlem schutterij (b. [[1594]]) * [[June 9]] – [[Antoine de Paule]], French-born 56th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. c.[[1551]]) * [[June 13]] – [[George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly]], Scottish politician (b. [[1562]]) * [[June 21]] – [[Justus de Harduwijn]], Dutch Catholic priest and poet (b. [[1582]]) * [[June 27]] – [[Date Masamune]], Japanese daimyō (b. [[1567]]) * [[July]] – [[Elijah Loans]], rabbi and kabbalist (b. [[1555]]) * [[July 20]] – [[Albrycht Władysław Radziwiłł]], Polish prince (b. [[1589]]) * [[August 6]] – Countess [[Katharina of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (b. [[1568]]) * [[August 8]] – [[Simon Louis, Count of Lippe]]-Detmolt (1627–1636) (b. [[1610]]) * [[August 25]] – [[Bhai Gurdas]], Sikh religious figure (b. [[1551]]) * [[September 6]] – [[Paul Stockmann]], German hymnwriter (b. [[1603]]) * [[September 17]] – [[Stefano Maderno]], Italian sculptor (b. [[1576]]) * [[September 19]] – [[Franz von Dietrichstein]], German Catholic bishop (b. [[1570]]) * [[October 1]] – [[Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], Lutheran Bishop of Ratzeburg (b. [[1568]]) * [[October 11]] – [[Johann Albrecht Adelgrief]], German self-proclaimed prophet who was executed for witchcraft * [[October 19]] ** [[Marcin Kazanowski]], Polish military leader (b. c. [[1564]]) ** [[Hugh Hamersley]], Lord Mayor of London, England (1627–1628) (b. [[1565]]) * [[December 9]] ** [[Fabian Birkowski]], Polish writer (b. [[1566]]) ** [[Giovanni da San Giovanni]], Italian painter (b. [[1592]]) * [[December 10]] – [[Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim]], Irish leader * [[December 19]] – [[William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton]], British baron (b. [[1591]]) * [[December 22]] – [[Johannes Saeckma]], Dutch Golden Age magistrate (b. [[1572]]) * [[December 27]] – [[Iskandar Muda]], Sultan of Aceh (b. [[1583]]) * ''date unknown'' – [[Euphrosina Heldina von Dieffenau]]; German-Swedish courtier ** [[Louise Bourgeois Boursier]], French Royal midwife (b. [[1563]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1636}} [[Category:1636| ]] [[Category:Leap years in the Gregorian calendar]]
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