1638

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

Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s

Years: 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 - 1638 - 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643

• March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden.
• Pedro Texeira[?] makes the first ascent of the Amazon River, from its mouth to Quito, Ecuador. The same trip had been made in the opposite direction in 1541.
• The Netherlands colonizes Mauritius.
• Shipwrecked sailors from England found the first known European settlement in Belize.
• Swedish settlers arrive on the ships Kalmare Nyckel and Fågel Grip to the American colony New Sweden (Delaware).

Births

• September 5 - Future King Louis XIV of France
• November 25 - Catherine of Braganza, Queen-Consort of King Charles II of England

Deaths

• Johann Heinrich Alsted, German theologian