Events in year of 1633
- 02-13Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
- 03-07Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself Viceroy of Limburg
- 04-23Sweden and Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn
- 06-02Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne
- 06-13Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore
- 06-21Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views
- 06-22Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on October 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)
- 10-08Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its 1st government
People born in year of 1633
- 01-31Nathaniel Crew: English Bishop (Durham)
- 02-01Gabriel Schutz: Composer
- 02-20Jan de Baen: Portrait painter / etcher
- 02-23Samuel Pepys: London, England -- Navy expert / composer (Diary, Memoirs)
- 04-10Werner Fabricius: Composer
- 05-21Joseph de La Barre: Composer
- 06-16Nathaniel Schnittelbach: Composer
- 06-19Philippus van Limborch: Remonstrants theologist / vicar
- 09-06Sebastian Knupfer: Composer
- 10-14James II Stuart: King of England / Scotland (James VII) (1685-88)
- 11-11George Savile: 1st Marquis of Halifax / author (Character of a Trimmer)
- 12-18Adriaen Melar: Flemish engraver, baptised
- 12-18Willem van de Velde the Young: Dutch seascape painter, baptised
- 12-26Charles E Biset: Flemish painter, baptised
People died in year of 1633
- 03-01George Herbert: English poet, dies at 39
- 07-12Simon Besler: Composer, dies at 49
- 08-04George Abbott: English Theologist / Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 60
- 08-12Jacopo Peri: Itallian opera composer, dies at 71
- 10-01Filaret [Fjodor N Romanov]: Patriarch of Moscow
- 11-07Cornelis Drebbel: Physicist / chemist / inventor (submarine)
- 12-01Isabella of Austria: Infante of Spain / Governess in Holland, dies at 67
- 12-18Theodoor Galle: Flemish engraver, buried at 62
Events in year of 1634
- 01-24Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor
- 02-17William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti
- 02-18Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution
- 02-25Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills Duke Wallenstein
- 03-01Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians
- 03-031st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole)
- 03-25Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland
- 04-06Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curacao"
- 05-04Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies
- 05-31US colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony
- 06-14Russia and Poland sign Peace treaty of Polianov
- 07-06Johan van Walbeecks ships bypass St-Anna Bay, Curacao
- 07-29Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao
- 08-27Battle of Nordingen-Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, loses Duchy of Francomia
- 10-19Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood
- 10-20English King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax
People born in year of 1634
- 01-07Adam Krieger: German composer
- 01-25Gaspar Fagel: Lawyer / pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)
- 02-22Petrus "Pieter" van Schooten: Fortress architect
- 03-16Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette: Novelist
- 03-20Balthasar Bekker: Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)
- 04-09Albertine Agnes: Princess of Orange-Nassau
- 06-20Charles Emanuel II: Duke of Savoy (1638-75)
- 07-18Joannes Camphuys: Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)
- 11-30Andres de Sola: Composer
- 12-01John-Erasmus Quellinus [Quellien]: Flemish painter
People died in year of 1634
- 02-25Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein: German duke, murdered at 50
- 02-25Van Friedland / Mecklenburg: General-admiral, dies at 50
- 05-12George Chapman: English dramatist / interpreter
- 08-09Pieter I de Jode: Flemish publisher
- 09-03Edward Coke: English Chief Justice / politician
- 10-31Erasmus Widmann: Composer, dies at 62
- 11-15Johann Staden: Composer, dies at 53
Events in year of 1635
- 02-13Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded
- 04-28Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason and removed from office
- 05-19France declares war on Spain
- 05-30Emperor Ferdinand II and Saksen sign Peace of Prague
- 06-28French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean
- 07-11Armies of Savoye / Mantua / Parma occupy Milan
- 07-28Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans
- 08-151st recorded US hurricane hits the Plymouth Colony
- 09-12Sweden and Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf
- 09-18Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France
- 10-09Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
People born in year of 1635
- 02-25Walraad [the Elder]: Dutch Field Marshal / Earl of Nassau-Usingen
- 04-16Frans van Mieris [the Elder]: Dutch painter
- 05-04Willem van Outhoorn: Dutch Governor-General (Dutch East Indies)
- 07-18Robert Hooke: Isle of Wight, United Kingdom -- Physicist (Micrographia)
- 08-11Thomas Betterton: London, England -- Actor / dramatist (Coriolanus)
- 09-07Pal Esterhazy: Composer
- 12-18Antonius Matthaeus: Dutch lawyer / historian
People died in year of 1635
- 02-13Georg R Weckerlin: German poet, dies at 50
- 03-19Pieter Christiaensz Bor: Dutch historian
- 03-24Jacques Callot: French cartoonist / engraver, dies at about 42
- 04-25Alessandro Tassoni: Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69
- 07-22Pietro Antonio Tamburini: Composer, dies at 45
- 08-17Francisco de Moncada: Spanish Earl of Osuna, dies at 48
- 08-27Lope Felix de Vega: Playwright / Poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72
- 09-06Adrian A Metius: Mathematician / fort architect, dies at 63
- 11-02Aurelio Signoretti: Composer, dies at 68
- 12-01Melchior Teschner: Composer, dies at 51
- 12-30Jan Baptista Van Helmont: Physician / alchemist