Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1633. This year saw 8 significant events. 1 notable figure was born.
Galileo Galilei recants his "heretical" position that the Earth orbiting the Sun is at odds with the Bible and church teaching (Vatican apologizes in 1992 for how it handled the case)
The Battle of Liaoluo Bay took place in 1633 off the coast of Fujian, China; involving the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Chinese Ming dynasty's navies.
Michelangelo Rossi (Michel Angelo del Violino) (ca. 1601/1602 – 1656) was an important Italian composer, violinist and organist of the Baroque era. Rossi was born in Genoa, where he studied with his...
Prince Frederick Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg
The Heilbronn League formed by Sweden and Protestant German monarchy in the Free Imperial City of Heilbronn
Prince Frederick Henry conquers fort Rhine at Cologne
Maryland (US: MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the United States.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, one of the several...
Samuel Pepys, English writer and politician, known for english writer and politician, was born on 1633-02-23.
Galileo Galilei recants his "heretical" position that the Earth orbiting the Sun is at odds with the Bible and church teaching (Vatican apologizes in 1992 for how it handled the case)
The Battle of Liaoluo Bay took place in 1633 off the coast of Fujian, China; involving the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Chinese Ming dynasty's navies.
Michelangelo Rossi (Michel Angelo del Violino) (ca. 1601/1602 – 1656) was an important Italian composer, violinist and organist of the Baroque era. Rossi was born in Genoa, where he studied with his...
Prince Frederick Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg
The Heilbronn League formed by Sweden and Protestant German monarchy in the Free Imperial City of Heilbronn
Prince Frederick Henry conquers fort Rhine at Cologne
Maryland (US: MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the United States.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, one of the several...