1626

This page relates to the year 1626 Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

May 24th: The Belgian (of Walloon origin) Pierre Minuit buys the island of Manhattan to the Indien S Manhattes - for the equivalent of 60 guilders, that is to say 24 $US -, and founds the New Amsterdam, renamed New York in 1664.

Foundation of Salem, with the Massachusetts.
French Attempts at colonization of the Guyana (1626 - 1633).
Dutch Forwardings with the Brazil (1626-1629). The corsairs Jacob Willekens and Piet Hein plunder the coasts of Brazil.
Genocide of the Indians Kalinago (Caribbean People) on the Island Saint-Christophe.

Morocco: From 1626, Fès is controlled by gang leaders. Groupings maraboutic divide the remainder of the country and are made the war.
Foundation of French colonial counters to the Senegal.

Beginning of the Dutch trade with the China starting from Taiwan (fine in 1662).
the Spaniards settle in the North of the island of Taiwan, in Tamsui and in Keelong
the father Alexandre of Rhodos creates a mission with the Tonkin (1626 - 1646). He develops the Latinization of the language Vietnamese.
Failure of an attempt at creation of a company of the Indies in France.

March 1st: Charles IV, duke of Lorraine, makes its triumphal entry with Nancy.
March 5th: Treaty of Monzon. The cardinal Pierre de Bérulle negotiates the Franco-Spanish agreement on the Valteline.
April 25th: The imperial forces led by Wallenstein demolish the count of Mansfeld to the Bataille of Dessau, on the Elba.
July: Gustave II Adolphe of Sweden invades Eastern Prussia and blocks Dantzig. The Poles gain a naval victory with Oliva, close to Danzig (1627), while the Swedes are victorious with Gorzno, in the east of Thorn.
August 26th: The catholic army of Tilly crushes the Danes led by Christian IV to the Bataille To fight. The Danish troops are pushed back in Jutland.
22 - September 30th: Gustave II Adolphe of Sweden is victorious of the Poles. He seeks to be combined in Russia against Poland.
October: Axel Oxenstierna becomes general governor of the Prussia.
December 8th: Ferdinand III becomes king of Hungary (fine in 1657).
December 20th: After having driven back Wallenstein of Hungary, Gabor Bethlen of Transylvania sign peace with Presbourg with Ferdinand II of the Holy roman Empire.

a country revolt fails in High-Austria.
Project of Union of the Weapons of Olivares (the Aragon loses its military freedoms).
military Reforms in Russia: recruitment of 5000 foreign infantrymen, founders of guns, instructors, purchase of weapons in Holland and Germany (heavy expenditure).

February: Edicts against the duels.
February 5th: Peace treaty of compromise of La Rochelle between Henri de Schomberg and huguenots.
March 5th: Treaty of Monzon.
July 31st: Declaration of Nantes ordering to shave all the fortresses and walls of cities which are not placed on the borders. Richelieu orders the destruction of the castle-forts and subdue the noble ones.
June 1st: Michel de Marillac becomes Minister of Justice (fine in 1630).
August 19th: Henri de Talleyrand, count de Chalais, is decapitated with Nantes by an impromptu torturer. Pushed by its mistress the Duchess of Chevreuse and Gaston of Orleans, he had conspired against Richelieu. The duchess wanted to prevent the weddings of Gaston of Orleans to leave him the possibility of marrying Anne of Austria in the event of death of the king.
September 16th: Synod of the reformed Churches with Castrate.
September 27th: Creation of the personal guard of Richelieu.
September 28th: With died of Lesdiguières, the load of Connétable of France is removed.
October: Richelieu becomes large Master, chief and superintendent of Navigation and the Trade.
December 2nd: Parliament of notable the to the Tileries, the last before 1787 (fine the February 24th 1627).

the Peste reaches the Burgundy. The cities try to preserve by closing their door, by driving out the vagrants, by locking up the patients in lazarets apart from the walls. The cities contaminated are quickly deserted until the winter.
Because of bad harvests, there is a crisis of surmortality.
France finances the army of Ernest de Mansfeld, protesting combined of king de Danemark.
Coiffier becomes Surintendant of finances.

November 18th: Dedication of the Basilica Saint-Pierre of Rome.
the Congrégation of the Mission, created by Vincent of Paul is approved by the archbishop of Paris.
Richelieu causes the reform of certain bénédictines abbeys (1626-1636) of which the Congrégation of Saint-Maur.
the faculty of theology of Paris censures the Tractatus of hauresi and potestae romani pontificis of Antonio Santarelli because of the ultramontane theses which it supports.
Mission of the Jesuits near the Christians of the East.

emptied It LED buscón ( Life of the adventurer gift Pablo of Segovia ) Romance picaresque of Quevedo.
Collection of most beautiful towards of Claude of Estoile.
Gallia christiana , of Cl. Robert (1626-1785).
the Sylvie of Jean Mairet.

Zurbarán carries out for the Dominican convent of San Pablo to Seville fourteen scenes of the History of saint Dominique (1626 - 1627), seven portraits of Doctorss of the Church and a Christ in Cross (1627).
Philippe de Champaigne paints the Portrait of Jansénius .
Construction of a news Sorbonne and new a College of Clermont.
Dedication of the church Saint-Etienne-of-Mount, started in 1492.
Construction of the church Ignace Saint to Rome.

important Rise in the prices of the foodstuffs in France.
Loan compulsory of the Crown in England. The king must use the threat, if not forces it, to obtain some output from it.

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