1627 Overview
1627 (MDCXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. It marked the 1627th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 627th year of the 2nd millennium, the 27th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1627, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which continued in localized use until 1923.
Events
January–March
- January 26 – The Dutch ship ‘t Gulden Zeepaert, skippered by François Thijssen, makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia.
- February 15 – The administrative rural parish of Iisalmi is established in Savonia, by order of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
- February 17 – England lands the first European settlers on Barbados.
- March 3 – After the First Manchu invasion of Korea, the Joseon dynasty of Korea becomes a tributary state of the Manchus, still paying respects to the Ming dynasty of China.
- March 17 – Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, abdicates after financial troubles.
- March – Start of the Trịnh–Nguyễn War in modern-day Vietnam.
April–June
- April 10 – The ‘t Gulden Zeepaert reaches Batavia in the Dutch East Indies.
- April 17 – The States of Friesland agree on the 28-point Appeal concerning citizen abuses.
- May 10 – The Kingdom of England negotiates with Sidi Al-Ayyashi for the release of captives.
- May 13 – France and England sign an agreement to divide the island of Saint Kitts.
- June 15 – Friesland promulgates the Resolution on April 17 appeal about abuses.
- June 20 – Hinchingbrooke House is sold by Sir Oliver Cromwell to Sidney Montagu.
July–September
- July 5–13 – Barbary corsairs from Algiers raid the East Fjords of Iceland.
- July 20 – In the Eighty Years’ War, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the Siege of Grol.
- July 27 – An earthquake devastates the cities of San Severo and Torremaggiore in southern Italy.
- August 16 – Fourteen Franciscan missionaries are killed in Japan.
- September 10 – The Siege of La Rochelle begins.
October–December
- October 2 – The 16-year-old brother of the Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youjian, becomes the Chongzhen Emperor.
- October 28 – Jahangir, the Mughal Emperor, dies.
- November 20 – Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, signs the Capitulation of Franzburg during the Thirty Years’ War.
- November 28 – In the Polish-Swedish War, the Polish-Lithuanian fleet defeats the Swedish fleet at the Battle of Oliwa.
- December 18 – “La selva sin amor” premieres, marking a significant moment in Spanish opera.
- December 25 – Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, dies.
Births
January–March
- January 25 – Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish scientist.
- February 2 – Sir Robert Kemp, English politician.
- February 10 – Cornelis de Bie, Flemish poet and jurist.
- February 15 – Charles Morton, nonconformist minister.
- March 9 – Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk.
April–June
- April 9 – Johann Caspar Kerll, German composer.
- May 4 – Giuseppe Francesco Borri, Italian alchemist.
- June 4 – Eiler Holck, Danish military officer.
July–September
- July 1 – Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
- August 21 – Louis Cousin, French translator.
October–December
- October 1 – Galeazzo Marescotti, Italian cardinal.
- November 29 – John Ray, English biologist.
Deaths
- January 14 – John Casimir, Count of Erbach-Breuberg.
- April 22 – Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Malian academic.
- October 28 – Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India.
- December 25 – Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.