What Happened In 1622 - Historical Events 1622

Historical Events for the Year 1622

12th March » Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, are canonized as saints by the Catholic Church.
22nd April » The Capture of Ormuz (1622) known as Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island.
22nd June » Portuguese Empire named Portuguese forces repel a Dutch Republic named Dutch invasion at the Battle of Macau during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
24th June » Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.
18th December » Portuguese Empire named Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.
22nd December » Bucaramanga is founded.

9th January » Empress Meishō of Japan (d. 1696)
15th January » Molière, French playwright and actor (d. 1673)
28th January » Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
24th February » Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
27th February » Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
5th April » Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
17th April » Henry Vaughan, Welsh physician, author, and poet (d. 1695)
8th May » Claes Rålamb, Swedish politician (d. 1698)
12th May » Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French-Canadian soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
22nd May » Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
6th June » Claude-Jean Allouez, French-American missionary and explorer (d. 1689)
8th November » Charles X Gustav of Sweden (d. 1660)

23rd January » William Baffin, English explorer and navigator
19th February » Henry Savile (Bible translator) known as Henry Savile, English scholar and politician (b. 1549)
5th March » Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
24th April » Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
20th May » Osman II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1604)
4th June » Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (b. 1568)
16th June » Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
1st July » William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, English politician (b. 1575)
7th September » Denis Godefroy, French lawyer and jurist (b. 1549)
28th December » Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (b. 1567)