13th February » Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
1st March » Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
18th June » Charles I of England e.g Charles I, is crowned King of Scots at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
22nd June » The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith known as Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
22nd October » Battle of Liaoluo Bay known as Battle of southern Fujian sea: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
Famous Birthdays in 1633
20th February » Jan de Baen, Dutch painter (d. 1702)
23rd February » Samuel Pepys, English politician (d. 1703)