Events in year of 1637
- 01-23Dutch Governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil
- 02-15Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor
- 05-13Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
- 05-261st battle of Pequot at New Haven Ct kills 500 indians
- 08-28WIC-Colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa
- 10-07Prince Frederik Henry occupies Breda
- 11-07Anne Hutchinson banished from Mass bay colony as a heretic
- 11-20Peter Minuit and 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
People born in year of 1637
- 02-06Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Unified Japan
- 02-12John Swammerdam: Dutch anatomist / entomologist (Bible of Nature)
- 03-05John van der Heyden: Dutch painter / inventor (fire extinguisher)
- 04-15Valentin Molitor: Composer
- 04-26Philip J van Lichtenbergh: Governor of Suriname
- 06-10Jacques Marquette: Jesuit / Missionary founder (Chicago)
- 06-16Giovanni Paulo Colonna: Composer
- 07-08Johann Georg Ebeling: Composer
- 08-20Cornelis Van Aerssen: Dutch Governor / co-owner of Surinam
- 09-27Hieronymus Gradenthaler: Composer
- 10-20Nicolaas van der Veken: Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)
- 11-21Catharina Questiers: Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)
- 12-07Barnardo Pasquini: Composer
People died in year of 1637
- 02-15Ferdinand II: King of Bohemia / Hun / German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58
- 08-06Ben Johnson: Dramatist / playwright, dies at 65
- 08-13Dirck J Bas: Dutch Merchant / regent / government leader (OIC)
- 09-08Robert Fludd: Composer, dies at 63
- 09-14Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner]: French mathematician
- 10-21Laurens Reael: Vice-governor of Ambon / Poet / Admiral, dies at 54
- 10-28Foppe van Aitzema: Diplomat, dies at about 57
Events in year of 1638
- 01-03Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel"
- 01-03Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens
- 01-05Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
- 02-11Dutch countess Louise of Solms marries Earl John of Brederode
- 02-28Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
- 03-03Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden
- 03-22Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony
- 03-291st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
- 05-07Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)
- 05-14Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon
- 06-011st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Massachusetts
- 06-25Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in US
- 08-09Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx
- 11-08Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts
- 12-17French / Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine
People born in year of 1638
- 01-01Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres: French poet / playwright
- 01-10Niels Stensen: Danish astronomer
- 01-12Ernst R Tarhemberg: Austrian Field Marshal (Turkish Wars)
- 02-14Sybilla Schwarz: Writer
- 03-23Frederik Ruysch: Dutch anatomist
- 04-11Diogo Diaz Melgaz: Composer
- 06-15Samuel Apostool: Dutch vicar / theologist (The Sun)
- 07-06Gerrit A Berckheyde: Dutch painter
- 07-08Matteo Coferati: Composer
- 07-10David Teniers III: Flemish painter (carpet cartons)
- 07-15Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani: Composer
- 08-06Nicolas de Malebranche: French philosopher
- 10-18Lars Johnstown [Lasse Lucidor]: Swedish poet
- 10-31Meindert Hobbema: Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised
- 12-17Johann Ulrich Sultzberger: Composer
People died in year of 1638
- 02-28Claude G Bachet de Meziriac: French Mathematician / poet, dies at 56
- 02-28Henri duc de Rohan: French soldier / Huguenot leader
- 03-08Jacob C van Neck: Admiral / Mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73
- 03-19Paul Moreelse: Dutch Painter / master builder, dies at about 66
- 03-26Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz: Painter, dies at about 30
- 05-06Cornelius Jansen: Theologian (Jansenism)
- 05-27Nicolas Forme: Composer, dies at 71
- 06-27Lukaris Cyrillus: Patriarch of Alexandria / Constantinople
- 07-27Johan VIII de Jongere: Count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 54
- 08-12Johannes Althusius [Althaut]: German lawyer, dies at about 81
- 08-31John Ward: Composer, dies at 67
- 11-08Johann H Alsted: German Theologist / philosopher, dies at 50
- 11-11Cornelis Cornelisz: "of Haarlem", painter, dies at about 76
- 12-10Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic: Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49
Events in year of 1639
- 01-06Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
- 01-141st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford
- 01-14Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut"
- 01-24Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
- 03-13Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard
- 05-08William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island
- 05-20Dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes
- 06-06Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
- 06-101st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
- 06-18Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war
- 07-19French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan
- 09-12Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England
- 09-251st printing press in America
- 09-25Suzuki Shosan, Samurai Monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening
- 10-21Dunes (Marten Tromp defeats Spanish armada under De Oquendo)
- 10-21Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada
- 11-051st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts
- 11-241st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event)
- 12-031st annulment by court decree passes
People born in year of 1639
- 10-14Simon van der Stel: Dutch Governor of Cape colony (1679-99)
- 12-21Jean Racin: Writer
People died in year of 1639
- 01-20Mustapha I: Sultan of Turkey (1622-23)
- 01-23Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis: Peruvian poet, burned at stake
- 01-24George Jenatsch: Grisons leader, assassinated
- 03-22Thomas Carew: English Poet / diplomat (The Rapture)
- 05-21Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella: Italian philosopher / poet, dies at 70
- 06-02Floris II van Pallandt: Earl of Culemborg / politician, dies at 62
- 07-09Entonius Walaeus: Calvinist theologist, dies at 65
- 07-18Bernard: Duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden)
- 08-04Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza: Mexican / Spanish playwright, dies at 58
- 08-20Martin Opitz: German Poet / Historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
- 09-20John Meursius [van Meurs]: Historian, dies at 60
- 10-07John I Pontanus: Physicist / Historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68
- 11-03Martinus de Porres: Peru Saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69
- 11-07William Cobbold: Composer, dies at 79