1622
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January 1 - In the
Gregorian calendar,
January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of
March 25.
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February 8 - King
James I of England disbands the
English Parliament.
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March 22 - In the
Jamestown massacre,
Algonquian Indians kill 347
English settlers around
Jamestown, Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and destroys the
Henricus settlement.
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May 13 â€" the
Eendracht,
Dutch VOC sailing ship and the second recorded European ship to make landfall on
Australian soil, is wrecked off the western coast of
Ambon Island,
Dutch East Indies.
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Étienne Brûlé is the first European to see
Lake Superior.
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Portugal loses control of the island of
Ormus, after 107 years.
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Albertus Magnus is beatified, and
Teresa of Avila is canonized, by the
Roman Catholic Church.
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Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha sinks off the
Florida Keys, while carrying copper, ~35 tons of silver, 161 pieces of gold, tobacco, and indigo. (Wreck discovered
1985).
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January 15 -
Molière, French playwright (d.
1673)
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January 28 -
Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d.
1691)
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February 24 -
Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d.
1665)
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April 5 -
Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (d.
1703)
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May 8 -
Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d.
1698)
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May 22 -
Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d.
1698)
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October 31 -
Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d.
1694)
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November 8 - King
Charles X of Sweden (d.
1660)
See also :Category:1622 births.*
January 23 -
William Baffin, English explorer (b.
1584)
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February 19 -
Henry Savile, English educator (b.
1549)
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April 24 -
Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Roman Catholic missionary (b.
1577)
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May 3 -
Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b.
1564)
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May 20 -
Osman II,
Ottoman Sultan (b.
1604)
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July 1 -
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, British politician (b.
1575)
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December 28 -
Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (b.
1567)
See also :Category:1622 deaths.
