1636 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1636?
- March 26, 1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
- July 4, 1636 – City of Providence, Rhode Island forms.
- October 4, 1636 – The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
- October 28, 1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
- December 13, 1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
Who Were Born In The Year 1636?
- June 3, 1636 – John Hale, pastor during the Salem witch hunt (d.1700)
- September 29, 1636 – Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)
- October 31, 1636 – Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
- November 1, 1636 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711)
- November 2, 1636 – Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
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