1632

Events

January–March

* January – The Holland's Leguer, a brothel in London, is closed after having been besieged for a month.
* February 22 – Galileo's ''Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'' is published in Florence.
* March 9 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Bamberg – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, commander of the Catholic League, defeats the Swedish army under Gustav Horn, and recaptures the town of Bamberg.
* March 21 – Thirty Years' War: King Gustavus Adolphus makes a triumphant entry into Nuremberg, where he is welcomed by the populace and pledges to protect the cause of Protestantism.
* March 29 – The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is signed, returning Quebec to French control, after the English had seized it in 1629.
* March – Thirty Years' War: Gustavus Adolphus invades Bavaria with his army.

April–June

* April 15 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Rain – Gustavus Adolphus defeats Tilly's Catholic League armies for the second time within a year; Tilly is severely wounded during the battle and dies on April 30.
* May 17 – Thirty Years' War: Munich, capital of Bavaria, is captured by the Swedish army.
* June 15 – Sir Francis Windebank is made chief Secretary of State in England.
* June 17 – Shah Jahan's beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal dies, after giving birth to their 14th child. Soon after, construction of the Taj Mahal, begins.
* June 20 – Charles I of England issues a charter for the colony of Maryland (named in honor of Henrietta Maria), under the control of Lord Baltimore.
* June 20 – Two ships, ''Saint Jean'' (250 tons) and ''L'Esperance-en-Dieu'', set sail from La Rochelle in France, bound for Acadia in North America.
* June 25 – Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia in succession to his father Susenyos, declares the state religion of the country again to be Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, and confiscates the lands of the Jesuit missionaries, relegating them to Fremona.
* June 30 – The University of Tartu is founded.
* June – Eighty Years' War: Leading a Dutch army, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange captures in short succession the cities of Venlo, Roermond and Sittard, before besieging the city of Maastricht.

July–September

* July 23 – Three hundred colonists for New France depart Dieppe.
* August 22 – Eighty Years' War: A Dutch army, led by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, captures the city of Maastricht after a two-month siege.
* September 1 – Battle of Castelnaudary: A rebellion against French king Louis XIII is crushed. The leader of the rebellion, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the brother of Louis XIII, surrenders.
* September 3 – The last executions of Christians in Japan take place as four Spanish missionaries (including Augustinin friar Bartholomew Gutierrez) and two Japanese converts are burned alive in Nagaaki. They are beatified in 1867 as the last of the 205 Martyrs of Japan.
* September 9 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of the Alte Veste – Besieged by Wallenstein at Nuremberg, Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus attempts to break the siege, but is defeated.
* September 25 – Yakutsk, Russia is founded by Pyotr Beketov.

October–December

* October 15 – The University of Tartu officially opens, in Swedish Livonia.
* October 30 – Henri II de Montmorency, is executed for his participation in the rebellion of Gaston, Duke of Orléans, against French king Louis XIII.
* November 8 – Wladyslaw IV Waza is elected king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, after Sigismund III Vasa's death.
* November 16 (November 6 Old Style) – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Lützen in Saxony – Swedish king Gustavus II Adolphus leads an assault on Wallenstein's army, but is killed early in the battle, despite which the Swedish commanders manage to rally the army and eventually defeat Wallenstein, who withdraws from Saxony. Following the death of Gustavus Adolphus, he is succeeded as ruler of Sweden by his six-year-old daughter Christina, while five regents (headed by Axel Oxenstierna) govern the country. On November 17, Gottfried zu Pappenheim, Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, dies from wounds sustained in the battle.
* December 6 – Indians wipe out a new Dutch settlement of Swanadael in New Netherland.

Date unknown

* Antigua and Barbuda is first colonized by England.
* The Portuguese are driven out of Bengal.
* King Władysław IV Vasa of Poland forbids anti-Semitic books and printings.
* The rural parish of Loppi was founded.
* Construction of the Taj Mahal begins.
* Catharina Stopia succeeds her spouse as Sweden's ambassador to Russia, becoming perhaps the first female diplomat in Europe.
* Approximate date – Last inhabitants leave the original city of Reimerswaal in Zeeland.

Births

January–March

* January 1 – Claude de Choiseul-Francières, Marshal of France (d. 1711)
* January 3 – Sir John Duke, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament of England (d. 1705)
* January 8 – Samuel von Pufendorf, German jurist (d. 1694)
* January 11
** Adam Frans van der Meulen