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| Years: 1635 1636 1637 - 1638 - 1639 1640 1641 | |
| Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden.
- April 15 - Shogunate forces defeat the last rebels of Shimabara Rebellion in the fortress of Hara.
- May 11 - French admiral d'Estrees runs his whole fleet aground in Curacao.
- Dutch settle in Ceylon.
- Pedro Teixeira makes the first ascent of the Amazon River, from its mouth to Quito, Ecuador. The same trip had been made in the opposite direction in 1541.
- Willem Kieft, Dutch merchant, appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.
- The Netherlands colonizes Mauritius.
- Shipwrecked sailors from England found the first known European settlement in Belize.
- Swedish settlers arrive on the ships Kalmare Nyckel and Fågel Grip to the American colony New Sweden (Delaware).
- The Finnish postal service, Suomen Posti, is founded.
Births
- March 15 - Shunzhi Emperor of China.
- September 5 - King Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)
- November 25 - Catherine of Braganza, queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705)
Deaths
- April 7 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyo (b. 1576)
- September 14 - John Harvard, American clergyman (b. 1607)
- Johann Heinrich Alsted, German theologian (b. 1588)
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (b. 1564)af:1638
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