1622

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s

Years: 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 - 1622 - 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627

• January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25.
• February 8 - King James I of England disbands the English Parliament.
• March 22 - In the Jamestown massacre[?], Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population).
• Etienne Brulé[?] is the first European to see Lake Superior.
• Portugal loses control of the island of Ormuz[?], after 107 years.
• Albertus Magnus is beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.

Births

• January 15 - Molière, French playwright
• November 18 - King Charles X of Sweden

Deaths

• January 23 - William Baffin, explorer
• February 11 - Alfonso Fontanelli[?], composer
• May 20 - Osman II, sultan of Turkey
• Melchior Adam[?] - German divine and biographer.