February 6 Huguenot rebels and French sign Peace of La Rochelle April 25 Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld May 4 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons May 4 Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands May 6 Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets May 24 Peter Minuet buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24 June 15 King Charles I disbands English parliament July 5 Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated July 30 Earthquake hits Naples; 10,000 die August 1 Earl Earnest Casimir conquerors Oldenzaal August 27 Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV September 30 Battle between king Bethlen Gabor and earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends November 18 St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated December 1 Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical Governor of Jerusalem, driven out December 20 Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg
