26th March » Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
4th October » The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
28th October » A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
13th December » The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot people e.g Pequot Native Americans in the United States called Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of t
Famous Birthdays in 1636
29th April » Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (d. 1679)
3rd June » John Hale (Beverly minister) e.g John Hale, American minister (d. 1700)
29th September » Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (d. 1715)
31st October » Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)