Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1637. This year saw 9 significant events. 1 notable figure passed away.
Mughal Prince and future Emperor Aurangzeb (18) marries his first wife and chief consort Persian princess Dilras Banu Begum (15) at Agra, India
Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco, Brazil
Zorilla's "El más Impropio Verdugo Para Las" premieres in Madrid
Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637.
Cardinal Richelieu of France reputedly creates the table knife
Mystic Massacre: in 1st battle of Pequot War in Connecticut about 500 Pequot Native Americans are killed by Colonial forces
WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquers Fort Elmina, West Africa
Puritan reformist preacher Anne Hutchinson is tried in Massachusetts Bay Colony as a heretic, found guilty and banished
Shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasants led by Amakusa Shiro rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu
Ferdinand II dies
Mughal Prince and future Emperor Aurangzeb (18) marries his first wife and chief consort Persian princess Dilras Banu Begum (15) at Agra, India
Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco, Brazil
Zorilla's "El más Impropio Verdugo Para Las" premieres in Madrid
Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637.
Cardinal Richelieu of France reputedly creates the table knife
Mystic Massacre: in 1st battle of Pequot War in Connecticut about 500 Pequot Native Americans are killed by Colonial forces
WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquers Fort Elmina, West Africa
Puritan reformist preacher Anne Hutchinson is tried in Massachusetts Bay Colony as a heretic, found guilty and banished
Shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasants led by Amakusa Shiro rise against daimyo Matsukura Shigeharu