1638 Calendar
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1638 Historical Event(s)
February 28, 1638
– The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
March 22, 1638
– Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
March 29, 1638
– Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
April 15, 1638
– Tokugawa shogunate forces put down the Shimabara Rebellion when they retake Hara Castle from the rebels.
Who Were Born On 1638?
January 1, 1638
– Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
January 11, 1638
– Nicolas Steno, Danish scientist (d. 1686)
January 24, 1638
– Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)
March 14, 1638
– Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)
March 23, 1638
– Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731)
July 10, 1638
– David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685)
August 6, 1638
– Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (d. 1715)
September 5, 1638
– Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)
September 10, 1638
– Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
November 25, 1638
– Queen Catherine of Braganza, consort of Charles II of England (d. 1705)