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September 30 - Nurhaci , chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji.
Spanish establish a trading colony on Taiwan.
Peter Minuit, director of the New Netherland colony, begins a policy of "purchasing" Manhattan from the Lenape.
Work begins on building the sailing ship HMS Wasa.
The Duchy of Urbino is incorporated into the Papal States.
The English Parliament impeach George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, favorite of Charles I of England.
Charles I dissolves Parliament.
The Dutch settle Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam. The town would transform into a piece of what is now New York City.
Births
February 18/19 - Francesco Redi, physician, refuted abiogenesis (d. 1697)
October 4 - Richard Cromwell, later Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
December 18 - Princess Christina Alexandra Vasa, later Queen Christina of Sweden.
Deaths
February 20 - John Dowland, composer and lutenist
April 9 - Francis Bacon, English scientist and statesman
September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty
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