What Happened In 1626 - Historical Events 1626

Historical Events for the Year 1626

11th February » Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church e.g Ethiopian Church, and Catholic Church called Roman Catholicism the state religion of Ethiopia.
27th February » Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
4th May » Netherlands called Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the 'See Meeuw'.
24th May » Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.

16th January » Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)
5th February » Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
12th March » John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher (d. 1697)
12th May » Louis Hennepin, Flemish priest and missionary (d. 1705)
27th May » William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)
15th July » Christiane Sehested, Danish daughter of Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1670)
15th July » Hedevig Ulfeldt, Danish daughter of Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1678)
1st August » Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi (d. 1676)
4th October » Richard Cromwell, English politician, Lord Protector or Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1712)
18th December » Christina, Queen of Sweden (d. 1689)
20th December » Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German politician and scholar (d. 1692)

24th January » Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, List of colonial governors of Virginia called Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
7th February » William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
11th February » Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
9th April » Francis Bacon, English jurist and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1561)
11th April » Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician and physicist (b. 1568)
4th May » Arthur Lake (bishop) or Arthur Lake, English bishop (b. 1569)
17th May » Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan organist and composer (b. 1570)
13th July » Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1563)
21st September » François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières (b. 1543)
25th September » Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (b. 1555)
26th September » Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1554)
30th September » Nurhaci, Chinese emperor (b. 1559)
2nd October » Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (b. 1567)
30th October » Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1580)
25th November » Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566)
29th November » Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander (b. 1580)
8th December » John Davies (poet) named John Davies, English poet, lawyer, and politician (b. 1569)
10th December » Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)