Calendar year
March 22 : TheJamestown massacre of 347 English settlers takes place1622 (MDCXXII ) was acommon year starting on Saturday of theGregorian calendar and acommon year starting on Tuesday of theJulian calendar , the 1622nd year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium , the 22nd year of the17th century , and the 3rd year of the1620s decade. As of the start of 1622, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
May 6 : TheBattle of Wimpfen .June 20 : TheBattle of Höchst .
April 22 –Hormuz iscaptured from the Portuguese, by an Anglo-Persian force.April 27 –Thirty Years' War –Skirmish at Mingolsheim : Protestant forces underMansfeld andGeorg Friedrich of Baden-Durlach defeat the Imperial forces underTilly . The Protestants win, but afterwards Tilly links up with aSpanish army underGonzalo de Córdoba , greatly increasing his strength.[ 5] May 6 –Thirty Years' War : While waiting for the Protestant forces ofChristian the Younger of Brunswick to join them,Mansfeld andGeorg Friedrich of Baden-Durlach split up their forces as a diversion for the Imperial army ofTilly . Their plan fails, as Tilly manages to cut off Georg Friedrich atWimpfen . At the ensuingBattle of Wimpfen , Georg Friedrich's army is almost completely destroyed.May 13 – TheEendracht VOC ship and the second recorded European ship to make landfall on Australian soil, is wrecked off the western coast ofAmbon Island ,Dutch East Indies .May 20 –Ottoman Sultan Osman II is strangled by rebellingJanissaries , who revolted when they heard rumours that Osman II was planning to move against them.May 25 – The English shipTryall Plymouth , England for Batavia (nowJakarta ), wrecks on theTryal Rocks , nine months later (the wreck is discovered in1969 ).May –Huguenot rebellions : TheHuguenot city ofRoyan is taken by royal forces, after ashort siege .June 11 –Huguenot rebellions : TheHuguenot city ofNègrepelisse is taken, after ashort siege by royal forces. The entire population of the city is subsequently massacred, and the city is burned to the ground.June 20 –Thirty Years' War : Imperial forces underTilly attempt to preventChristian the Younger of Brunswick from moving his army across theMain River, to link up withMansfeld . At theBattle of Höchst , Tilly manages to inflict considerable casualties on the Protestant forces, as well as seizing Brunswick's baggage train. Nonetheless, the bulk of Brunswick's forces manage to unite with Mansfeld.June 24 –Dutch–Portuguese War –Battle of Macau : The outnumbered Portuguese forces successfully defendMacau from the Dutch fleet, keeping a Portuguese foothold in the Far East.July 13 –Thirty Years' War : AfterMansfeld fails to relieve the siege ofHeidelberg ,Frederick V of the Palatinate cancels Mansfeld's contract and disbands his army. The unemployed army of Mansfeld andChristian the Younger of Brunswick is subsequently hired by theDutch .July 13 orJuly 14 – English and Dutch ships defeat the Portuguese, nearPortuguese East Africa .July 18 –Eighty Years' War :Bergen op Zoom isbesieged by a Spanish army, under the command ofAmbrogio Spinola .August 29 –Thirty Years' War : While on their way to relieve theSiege of Bergen-op-Zoom in theNetherlands , the army ofMansfeld andChristian of Brunswick is blocked by a Spanish army, led byGonzalo de Córdoba . In theBattle of Fleurus , Cordoba manages to fight off the Protestant assault. The next day, Cordoba surprises the retreating Protestant army with his cavalry, resulting in the destruction of most of the Protestant army.September 5 –Armand Jean du Plessis becomesCardinal Richelieu.[ 6] September 6 – Spanish treasure fleet sinks offMarquesas Keys in thestraits of Florida .Atocha Margarita Rosario September 10 – 55 Christians are executed inNagasaki during theGreat Genna Martyrdom .[ 7] September 19 –Thirty Years' War :Heidelberg , the capital of theElectorate of the Palatinate , is taken by the Imperial army ofTilly ' after a three-month siege.
Abraham Diepraam Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-Oels Juan de Valdés Leal January 1 –Isaac Sweers , Dutch admiral (d.1673 )January 3 –Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet , English Member of Parliament (d.1703 )January 11 –Louis, Duke of Joyeuse , younger son of Charles (d.1654 )January 13 –Thomas Dolman , English politician (d.1697 )January 15 –Molière , French playwright (d.1673 )[ 10] January 16 –Anna Margareta von Haugwitz , Swedish countess (d.1673 )January 23 –Abraham Diepraam , Dutch painter (d.1670 )January 28 February 7 –Vittoria della Rovere , Italian noble (d.1694 )February 15 –Adam Pynacker , Dutch painter (d.1673 )February 21 –Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili , Italian Catholic cardinal (d.1666 )February 24 –Johannes Clauberg , German theologian and philosopher (d.1665 )February 25 –Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d.1665 )February 26 –Ludovico Maria Sinistrari , Italian Franciscan priest and author (d.1701 )February 27 –Carel Fabritius , Dutch painter (d.1654 )March 4 –Thomas Fox , English lawyer and politician (d.1666 )March 10 –Johann Rahn , Swiss mathematician (d.1676 )March 28 –Ermes di Colorêt , Italian poet, political figure (d.1692 )April 5 –Vincenzo Viviani , Italian mathematician and scientist (d.1703 )April 7 –Carlo Pio di Savoia , Italian Catholic cardinal (d.1689 )April 8 –Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen , German prince of the House of Ascania (d.1669 )April 10 –Samuel Wilbur, Jr. , American colonial settler ofRhode Island (d.1697 )April 11 –Jan van Vliet , Dutch linguist (d.1666 )April 12 –Johann Christian von Boyneburg , German politician (d.1672 )April 18 –Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate , German artist (d.1709 )April 23 –Sir Arthur Onslow, 1st Baronet , English politician (d.1688 )April 30 –Giovanni Maria Morandi , Italian painter (d.1717 )May 1 May 2 –Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-Oels (d.1664 )May 4 –Juan de Valdés Leal , Spanish painter and etcher (d.1690 )May 8 May 9 –Jean Pecquet , French anatomist (d.1674 )May 22 –Louis de Buade de Frontenac , Governor of New France (d.1698 )June 6 –Claude-Jean Allouez , French Jesuit missionary and explorer of North America (d.1689 )June 11 –Samuel Fortrey , English author (d.1681 )June 23 –Sir Richard Cust, 1st Baronet , English politician (d.1700 )June 24 –Charles Worsley , English soldier and politician (d.1656 )July 2 –René-François de Sluse , Walloon mathematician (d.1685 )July 14 –Sir William Armine, 2nd Baronet , English politician (d.1658 )July 26 –Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1632-1708) (d.1708 )July 28 –George Montagu , English politician (d.1681 )August 3 –Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein , German field marshal (d.1698 )August 6 –Tjerk Hiddes de Vries , Dutch admiral (d.1666 )August 19 –James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton , English politician (d.1681 )August 24 –Samuel Lincoln , American colonial ancestor of Abraham Lincoln (d.1690 )August 27 –Jakob Thomasius , German philosopher (d.1684 )September 21 –Yamaga Sokō , Japanese philosopher (d.1685 )September 22 –Jacques Savary , successful French merchant (d.1690 )September 24 –Georg Händel , German musician (d.1697 )September 30 –Johann Sebastiani , German Baroque composer (d.1683 )October 13 –Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet , English politician (d.1691 )October 15 –Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie , Swedish statesman and military man (d.1686 )November 8 –Charles X Gustav of Sweden (d.1660 )[ 11] November 15 –Anthony Ettrick , English politician (d.1703 )November 30 December 16 –Cort Adeler , Dutch seaman (d.1675 )December 21 –Tomasz Młodzianowski , Polish Jesuit, preacher and writer (d.1686 )December 22 –Emanuel Murant , Dutch painter (d.1700 )December 27 –Teofil Rutka , Polish philosopher (d.1700 )December 29 –Thomas Herle , English politician (d.1681 )Alix Le Clerc Khusrau Mirza January 1 –Jakob Hassler , German composer (b.1569 )January 9 –Alix Le Clerc , FrenchRoman Catholic Canoness Regular, foundress and blessed (b.1576 )January 17 –Ernst of Schaumburg , Count of Holstein-Pinneberg and Schaumburg (1601–1622) (b.1569 )January 23 –William Baffin , English explorer (b.1584 )[ 12] January 26 –Khusrau Mirza , Mughal prince (b.1587 )January 31 –Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire , English noble (b.1579 )February 11 –Alfonso Fontanelli , Italian composer (b.1557 )February 19 February 20 –Juan de Valle y Arredondo , Spanish Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guadalajara (1607–1617) (b.1567 )March 5 –Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b.1569 )March 29 –Honda Yasutoshi , Japanese samurai (b.1570 )March 31 –Gonzalo Méndez de Canço , Royal Governor of La Florida (b.1554 )Richard Hawkins Pedro Páez April 5 –Vincenzo Filliucci , Italian Jesuit (b.1566 )April 13 April 14 –Antoine de Gaudier , French Jesuit writer (b.1572 )April 15 –Leandro Bassano , Italian painter (b.1557 )April 17 –Richard Hawkins , 17th-century English seaman (b. c.1562 )[ 13] April 24 –Fidelis of Sigmaringen , GermanRoman Catholic andCapuchin friar, missionary and saint (b.1577 )May 15 –Petrus Plancius , Dutch-Flemish astronomer and cartographer (b.1552 )May 20 –Osman II ,Ottoman Sultan (b.1604 )May 22 –Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa , Spanish Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1603–1614) (b.1540 )May 25 –Pedro Páez , SpanishJesuit missionary in Ethiopia (b.1564 )June 4 –Péter Révay , Hungarian historian (b.1568 )June 15 –David Pareus , German theologian (b.1548 )June 21 –Salomon Schweigger , German theologian (b.1551 )Charles Spinola July 1 –William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle , British politician (b.1575 )August 7 –Anfiyanggū , Manchu official (b.1559 )August 10 –Giovanni Battista Viola , Italian painter (b.1576 )August 13 –Henri de Gondi , Catholic cardinal (b.1572 )August 29 –Duke Frederick of Saxe-Weimar , German prince and colonel on the Protestant side in the Thirty Years' War (b.1596 )September 7 –Denis Godefroy , French jurist (b.1549 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