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
