1626

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

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

Years: 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 - 1626 - 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631

• Spanish establish a trading colony on Taiwan.
• Dutch traders purchase Manhattan from the Canarsee Indians.
• Work begins on building the sailing ship Vasa.
• The Duchy of Urbino[?] is incorporated into the Papal States.
• The English Parliament impeach George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, favorite of Charles I of England.
• Charles I dissolves Parliament.

Births

• October 4 - Richard Cromwell, later Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• December 18 - Princess Christina Alexandra Vasa, later Queen Christina of Sweden.

Deaths

• February 20 - John Dowland, composer and lutenist
• Francis Bacon, English scientist and statesman