1622 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1622?
- March 12, 1622 – Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Jesuits, are canonized as saints by the Catholic Church.
- March 22, 1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony’s population.
- June 24, 1622 – Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.
Who Were Born In The Year 1622?
- January 15, 1622 – Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
- January 28, 1622 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
- February 24, 1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
- April 5, 1622 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
- April 17, 1622 – Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (d. 1695)
- May 8, 1622 – Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)
- May 12, 1622 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
- May 22, 1622 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French governor of New France (d. 1698)
- June 6, 1622 – Claude-Jean Allouez, French missionary and explorer (d. 1689)
- October 31, 1622 – Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)
- November 8, 1622 – King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660)
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