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Year 1626 (MDCXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1626

January - June

January 9 - Peter Minuit sails from Texel Island for America's New Netherland colony, with 2 ships of Dutch emigrants.
February 2 - King Charles I of England is crowned, but without his wife, Henrietta Maria, who declines to participate in a non-Catholic ceremony.
February 6 - The Huguenot rebels and French government sign the Peace of La Rochelle.
April 25 - Battle of Dessauer Bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein defeats Earl of Mansfeld.
May 4 - Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherland for the Dutch West India Company.
May 24 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from a Native American tribe (Lenape or Shinnecock or Canarsie) for trade goods, valued at 60 guilders ("$24").
June 15 - King Charles I of England disbands the English Parliament.

July - December

July 5 - Battle of Lenz: The rebel Austrian Boers are defeated.

July 30 - An earthquake strikes Naples, killing 10,000.

August 1 - Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz conquers Oldenzaal.

August 27 - Battle of Lutter: The Catholic League defeats king Christian IV of Denmark.

September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji.

September 30 - The battle between King Bethlen Gabor and earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends.

November 6 - (O.S.) The ship Arms of Amsterdam arrives in Europe from New Netherland (left September 23) with the news: "They have purchased the Island Manhattes [Manhattan] from the Indians for the value of 60 guilders." (from P. Schagen letter dated November 7).

November 18 - The new St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is consecrated, the anniversary of that of the previous church in 326.

December 1 - Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh, tyrannical Governor of Jerusalem, is forced out.

December 20 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor and Transylvanian monarch Bethlen Gabor sign the Peace of Pressburg.

Undated

The Battle of Ningyuan in Xingcheng, Liaoning, China: With a much smaller force, the Ming Dynasty commander Yuan Chonghuan defeats the Manchu tribal leader Nurhaci, who dies soon after and is succeeded by Huang Taiji.

Births

January 16 - Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)

February 5 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French writer (d. 1696)

March 12 - John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)

May 12 - Louis Hennepin, Flemish Catholic missionary in North America (d. c. 1705)

May 27 - William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)

August 12 - Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (d. 1690)

October 4 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)

December 8 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)

December 20 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) � See also .

Deaths

January 24 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580)

February 7 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)

February 11 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)

February 20 - John Dowland, English composer and lutenist (b. 1563)

April 9 - Francis Bacon, English scientist and statesman (b. 1561)

April 11 - Marino Ghetaldi, Croatian scientist (b. 1568)

May 4 - Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)

May 17 - Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)

July 13 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563)

September 21 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (b. 1543)

September 25 - Lancelot Andrewes, English scholar (b. 1555)

September 26 - Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554)

September 30 - Nurhaci, Chinese chieftain (b. 1559)

October 2 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)

October 30 - Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1580)

November 25 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566)

November 29 - Ernst von Mansfeld, German soldier (b. c. 1580)

November 30 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer (b. 1576)

December 8 - John Davies, English poet (b. 1569)

December 10 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581) � See also .

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