1622
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1622 was the 22st year of the 17th century, and the 3d year of the 1620s decade.
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Events
- Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622? - August 11, 1676)
- The Rape of Proserpina (Bernini)
- Cesare Ripa (c. 1560 - c. 1622)
Events
- January 1 – In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25.
- March 22 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown, Virginia (⅓ of the colony's population), and burn the Henricus settlement. This begins the American Indian Wars.
- May – Huguenot rebellions: The Huguenot city of Royan is taken by royal forces, after a short siege.
- May 6 – Thirty Years' War: While waiting for the Protestant forces of Christian the Younger of Brunswick to join them, Mansfeld and Georg Friedrich of Baden-Durlach split up their forces as a diversion for the Imperial army of Tilly. Their plan fails, as Tilly manages to cut off Georg Friedrich at Wimpfen. At the ensuing Battle of Wimpfen, Georg Friedrich's army is almost completely destroyed.
- July 18 – Eighty Years' War: Bergen op Zoom is besieged by a Spanish army, under the command of Ambrogio Spinola.
- August 29 – Thirty Years' War: While on their way to relieve the Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom in the Netherlands, the army of Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick is blocked by a Spanish army, led by Gonzalo de Córdoba. In the Battle of Fleurus, Cordoba manages to fight off the Protestant assault. The next day, Cordoba surprises the retreating Protestant army with his cavalry, resulting in the destruction of most of the Protestant army.
- September 5 – Armand Jean du Plessis becomes Cardinal Richelieu.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 6 – Spanish treasure fleet sinks off Marquesas Keys in the straits of Florida. Atocha, Margarita, and Rosario are the most heavily laden treasure ships found in the 20th century.
- September 19 – Thirty Years' War: Heidelberg, the capital of the Electorate of the Palatinate, is taken by the Imperial army of Tilly' after a three-month siege.
- October 2 – Eighty Years' War: After a siege of 86 days, Bergen op Zoom is relieved by a Dutch army led by Maurice of Nassau and Ernst von Mansfeld.
- Rosicrucianism furor breaks out in Paris.
- First record of bottled spring water in England at Holy Well, Malvern.
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Births
- c.Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German writer (Simplicius Simplicissimus) (d. 1676)
Deaths
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