1629 (MDCXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1629th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 629th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1629, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
April 30: Frederick Henry and his cousin Ernst Casimir of the Netherlands succeed in the Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch.
May 28: The siege of Privas ends after 15 days as King Louis XIII of France suppresses the Huguenot rebellion.
1629 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1629
MDCXXIX
Ab urbe condita2382
Armenian calendar1078
ԹՎ ՌՀԸ
Assyrian calendar6379
Balinese saka calendar1550–1551
Bengali calendar1036
Berber calendar2579
English Regnal yearCha. 1 – 5 Cha. 1
Buddhist calendar2173
Burmese calendar991
Byzantine calendar7137–7138
Chinese calendar戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
4326 or 4119
    — to —
己巳年 (Earth Snake)
4327 or 4120
Coptic calendar1345–1346
Discordian calendar2795
Ethiopian calendar1621–1622
Hebrew calendar5389–5390
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1685–1686
 - Shaka Samvat1550–1551
 - Kali Yuga4729–4730
Holocene calendar11629
Igbo calendar629–630
Iranian calendar1007–1008
Islamic calendar1038–1039
Japanese calendarKan'ei 6
(寛永6年)
Javanese calendar1550–1551
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3962
Minguo calendar283 before ROC
民前283年
Nanakshahi calendar161
Thai solar calendar2171–2172
Tibetan calendar阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
1755 or 1374 or 602
    — to —
阴土蛇年
(female Earth-Snake)
1756 or 1375 or 603

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Undated

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Births

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Sebastian Valfrè
 
Christiaan Huygens
 
Raj Singh I
 
Melchor Liñán y Cisneros
 
Jaswant Singh of Marwar

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Date unknown

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Deaths

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Piet Hein
 
Pietro Bernini
 
Jan Pieterszoon Coen

References

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  4. ^ Klaas Van Berkel; Albert Van Helden; L. C. Palm (1999). The History of Science in the Netherlands: Survey, Themes and Reference. BRILL. p. 479. ISBN 90-04-10006-7.
  5. ^ Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research. Longmans, Green. 1931. p. 189.
  6. ^ "Hieronymus Praetorius" in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. ISBN 1-56159-174-2
  7. ^ Claudio Monteverdi (October 31, 1980). The Letters of Claudio Monteverdi. Cambridge University Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-521-23591-4.