24th January » Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
28th January » Thomas Warner (explorer) named Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
10th June » Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne (1624) e.g Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
13th August » The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister
Famous Birthdays in 1624
31st January » Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher (d. 1669)
15th June » Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)
22nd August » Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (d. 1701)
25th August » François de la Chaise, French priest (d. 1709)
10th September » Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)
30th October » Paul Pellisson, French author (d. 1693)
Famous Deaths in History for 1624
13th February » Stephen Gosson, English author (b. 1554)
17th February » Juan de Mariana, Spanish priest and historian (b. 1536)
13th September » Ketevan the Martyr, Kakheti wife of David I of Kakheti (b. 1565)
10th November » Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1573)
5th December » Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1560)
14th December » Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English politician, List of Lords High Admiral Lords High Admiral of England, 1413 to 1628 called Lord High Admiral (b. 1536)