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March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
August 10 - The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship HMS Wasa sinks on her maiden voyage.
September 6 - Puritans settle Salem which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
October 28 – Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
Charles I reconvenes the English Parliament and accepts the Petition of Right as a concession to gain his subsidies.
Island of Santorini explodes.
John Felton assassinates George Villiers, duke of Buckingham.
William Harvey publishes his findings about blood circulation.
Births
January 12 - Charles Perrault, folklorist (d. 1703)
May 17 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria
November 28 - John Bunyan, English writer (d. 1688)
Deaths
Gregor Aichinger, composer
Category:1628
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