1626

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Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s
Years:	1623 1624 1625 - 1626 - 1627 1628 1629

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).

[edit] Events of 1626

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 9, Francis Bacon dies of pneumomonia
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 30: Naples earthquake.

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.

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.

See also Category:1626 births.

See also Category:1626 deaths.

Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s
Years:	1623 1624 1625 - 1626 - 1627 1628 1629