Events and Trends

• Thirty Years' War in full swing in Europe
• September 8, 1636 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes Harvard College as the first college founded in the Americas.

World Leaders

• King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (1588 - 1648).
• King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (1625 - 1649).
• Hong Taiji, Emperor of the Qing.
• King Louis XIII of France (1610 - 1643).
• Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister of France (1624 - 1642).
• Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1620 - 1637).
• Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1637 - 1657).
• Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Overijssel and Gelderland (1625 - 1647).
• Pope Urban VIII (1623 - 1644).
• King Philip IV of Spain (1621 - 1665).
• King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1611 - 1632)
• Queen Christina of Sweden (1632 - 1654).