1635
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Events
January–June
- February 22 – The Académie française in Paris is formally constituted, as the national academy for the preservation of the French language.[1]
- April 13 – Druze warlord Fakhr-al-Din II is executed in Constantinople.
- May – France declares war on Spain.
- May 30 – Thirty Years' War – The Peace of Prague is signed, which ends the German civil war aspect of the conflict.
July–December
- July 31 – The Royal Mail service is made available to the public, by Charles I of England.
- August 25 – The Great Colonial Hurricane strikes Narragansett Bay as a possible Category 3 hurricane, killing over 46 people.
- September 12 – The Treaty of Sztumska Wieś is signed, between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- October 9 – Rhode Island founder Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident, after speaking out against punishments for religious offenses, and giving away Native American land.
- November 15 – Thomas Parr, dead at the alleged age of 152, is buried in Westminster Abbey.
- November 22 – The Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa, against Taiwanese aborigines, begins.
Date unknown
- Guadeloupe and Martinique are colonized by France.
- Dominica is claimed by France.
- The Ottomans are expelled from Yemen.
- In the Mughal Empire, Shah Jahan's Pearl Mosque at Lahore Fort is completed.
- Nagyszombat University (predecessor of Budapest University) is established.
- Boston Latin School, the oldest school in the United States of America, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Japan forbids merchants to travel abroad, under penalty of death.
- A Japanese imperial memorandum decrees: "Hereafter entry by the Portuguese galeota is forbidden. If they insist on coming, the ships must be destroyed and anyone aboard those ships must be beheaded."
- Willem and Joan Blaeu publish the first edition of their Atlas Novus, in Amsterdam.
Births
January–March
- January 2 – Wilhelmus à Brakel, Dutch theologian (d. 1711)
- January 6 – Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, Member of Parliament and House of Lords (d. 1691)
- January 8 – Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop of Toledo (d. 1709)
- January 10 – Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Italian military leader (d. 1689)
- January 13 – Philipp Spener, German Christian theologian known as the Father of Pietism (d. 1705)
- January 25 – Daniel Casper von Lohenstein, German writer, diplomat and lawyer (d. 1683)
- February 1 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and classical scholar (d. 1689)
- February 2 – William Godolphin, English politician (d. 1696)
- February 18 – Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
- February 21 – Thomas Flatman, British artist (d. 1688)
- February 25 – Walrad, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, German prince and founder of the line of Nassau-Usingen (d. 1702)
- March 2 – Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Italian noble (d. 1673)
- March 4 – Emilia Butler, Countess of Ossory, English countess (d. 1688)
- March 10 – Jan van Buken, Flemish painter (d. 1690)
- March 15 – Sulaiman Shikoh, Mughal Empire emperor (d. 1662)
- March 31 – Patrick Gordon, Scottish-born Russian general, rear admiral (d. 1699)
April–June
- April 16 – Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch Golden Age genre and portrait painter (d. 1681)
- April 17 – Edward Stillingfleet, British theologian and scholar (d. 1699)
- April 25 – William Harbord, British politician (d. 1692)
- May 4 – Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch colonial governor (d. 1720)
- May 6 – Johann Joachim Becher, German chemist (d. 1682)
- May 9 – Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg (d. 1699)
- May 26 – Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1691)
- June 3 – Philippe Quinault, French writer (d. 1688)
- June 10 – Federico Caccia, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (d. 1699)
- June 15 – Theodor Undereyk, German theologian (d. 1693)
- June 20 – Patrick Chaworth, 3rd Viscount Chaworth, Irish politician (d. 1693)
- June 21 – Laurent d'Arvieux, French traveler (d. 1702)
July–September
- July 11 – Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer, German jurist (d. 1699)
- July 13 – Jacques Bruyas, French missionary (d. 1712)
- July 19 – Francine Descartes, daughter of French philosopher Rene Descartes (d. 1640)
- July 23 – Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, iconic figure in the history of New France (d. 1660)
- July 28 – Robert Hooke, English scientist (d. 1703)
- July 29 – Christian Louis, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen (1645–1692) and Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1692–1706) (d. 1706)
- August 9 – Philip Traherne, British book collector (d. 1686)
- August 24 – Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman and royal favourite (d. 1699)
- August 30 – Pieter Spierinckx, Flemish painter (d. 1711)
- September 1 – Armand de Camboust, duc de Coislin, French lieutenant général (d. 1702)
- September 5 – Joseph Mezger, Austrian Benedictine (d. 1683)
- September 7 – Paul I, Prince Esterházy, Hungarian prince (d. 1713)
- September 9 – Andrzej Stech, Polish painter (d. 1697)
- September 17 – Peter Colleton, English politician (d. 1694)
- September 18 – Joana, Princess of Beira, Portuguese infanta (princess) (d. 1653)
October–December
- October 7
- Christopher Comstock, American settler (d. 1702)
- Roger de Piles, French painter (d. 1709)
- October 28 – Constantin Ranst de Jonge, son of Hieronimus Rans(t) (1607–1660) (d. 1714)
- November 1 – Johann Michael Vansleb, German theologian (d. 1679)
- November 3 – Johann Sturm, German philosopher (d. 1703)
- November 6 – Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet, English Member of Parliament (d. 1692)
- November 11 – Justus Danckerts, Dutch artist (d. 1701)
- November 15 – Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, duchess consort of Parma (d. 1663)
- November 19 – Mingju, Qing Dynasty statesman (d. 1708)
- November 22 – Francis Willughby, English biologist (d. 1672)
- November 27 – Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719)
- December 11 – Sir William Twysden, 3rd Baronet, English politician (d. 1697)
- December 15 – Valentin Alberti, Silesian philosopher, theologian (d. 1697)
- December 23 – Ottaviano Jannella, Italian sculptor (d. 1661)
- December 28 – Elizabeth Stuart, second daughter of King Charles I of England (d. 1650)
- December 31 – Sir Robert Southwell, English diplomat (d. 1702)
Date unknown
- Thomas Betterton, English actor (d. 1710)
Deaths
- February 19 – Franco Burgersdijk, Dutch logician (b. 1590)
- March – Thomas Randolph, English poet
- March 27 – Robert Naunton, English politician (b. 1563)
- March 28 – Patrick Forbes, bishop in the Church of Scotland (b. 1564)
- April 13 – Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman Emir of Chouf (b. 1572)
- April 21 – Maria Musch, Dutch shipowner
- April 23 – Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley, English courtier (b. 1576)
- April 25
- Alessandro Tassoni, Italian poet and writer (b. 1565)
- Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen (b. 1588)
- April 27
- Antonio Zapata y Cisneros, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1550)
- Wolfgang Ratke, German educational reformer (b. 1571)
- July 10 – Alonso Jerónimo de Salas Barbadillo, Spanish novelist and dramatist (b. c. 1580)
- August (bur.) – Richard Whitbourne, English colonist of Newfoundland (b. 1561)
- August 7 – Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591)
- August 9 – John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (b. 1584)
- August 27 – Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
- September 6 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)
- September 10 – Johann Faulhaber, German mathematician (b. 1580)
- October 10 – Johann Ulrich Steigleder, German composer (b. 1593)
- October 24 – Wilhelm Schickard, German inventor (b. 1592)
- October 31 – Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg, German noble (b. 1582)
- November 5 – Jobst Herman, Count of Schaumburg (b. 1593)
- November 15 – Thomas Parr, English alleged oldest living man (b. 1483)
- November 25 – John Hall, English physician, son-in-law of William Shakespeare
- December 1 – Melchior Teschner, German cantor, composer and theologian (b. 1584)
- December 9 – Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (b. 1587)
- December 19 – Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg, German nobleman (b. 1579)
- December 23 – Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera (b. 1572)
- December 25 – Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec (b. c.1567)
- date unknown
- Iravikkutti Pillai, Venad leader in India (b. 1603)
- Urszula Meyerin, politically influential Polish courtier (b. 1570)
- probable – Anthony Shirley, English traveller (b. 1565)