| March 9 | Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris |
| April 13 | English Short Parliament forms |
| May 3 | English Upper house accept Act of Attainder |
| May 5 | English Short Parliament unites |
| May 12 | Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV |
| August 3 | 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka |
| August 3 | Zorilla's "Bire el Ojo," premieres in Toledo |
| August 29 | English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland |
| November 3 | English Long Parliament forms |
| November 11 | John Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London |
| December 1 | Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule |
| December 9 | Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin |
| December 15 | Duke of Braganca crowned King Johan IV of Portugal |
| December 25 | Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis |
