| January 23 | Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil |
| February 2 | Zorilla's "El mas Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid |
| February 15 | Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor |
| May 13 | Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife |
| May 26 | 1st battle of Pequot at New Haven, Connecticut kills 500 indians |
| August 28 | WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa |
| October 7 | Prince Frederik Henry occupies Breda |
| November 7 | Anne Hutchinson banished from Mass bay colony as a heretic |
| November 20 | Peter Minuit and 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden |
