1632
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| Years: 1629 1630 1631 - 1632 - 1633 1634 1635 | |
| Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
- See also: 1632 (novel)
Events
- February 22 - Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published
- July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe
- November 8 Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death
- November 16 - Battle of Lützen
- Fasildos succeeds his father Sissinios as Emperor of Ethiopia
- Christina becomes queen of Sweden; five regents, headed by Axel Oxenstierna, govern country.
- Antigua and Barbuda is first colonized by England
- Portuguese driven out of Bengal.
- Charles I of England issues charter for the colony of Maryland (named in honor of Henrietta Maria), under control of Lord Baltimore.
- Sir Francis Windebank made chief Secretary of State in England.
- University of Tartu in Estonia founded
- Yakutsk in Russia founded
Births
- August 29 - John Locke, English philosopher) (d. 1704)
- October 20 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1723)
- November 24 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d. 1677)
- November 28 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (d. 1687)
Deaths
- April 19 - Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Sweden (b. 1566)
- September 13 - Leopold V of Austria, regent of Tyrol (b. 1586)
- November 16 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (killed in battle) (b. 1594)
- November 29 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)
- December 7 - Emperor Sissinios of Ethiopia (b. 1607)af:1632
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