Birth of William Petty
William Petty is born at Romsey in Hampshire.
Historical events in 1623
32 historical records
May 16231 historical events
June 16231 historical events
Birth of Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal is born in Clermont-Ferrand to Etienne Pascal and Antoinette Begon.
August 16232 historical events
Battle of Stadtlohn
Frederick V, in exile in The Hague, and under pressure from his father-in-law James I of England to end his involvement in the war, is forced to abandon any hope of launching further campaigns
Battle of Stadtlohn
Victorious at the Battle of Stadtlohn against Christian of Brunswick where 13,000 out of his army of 15,000 were lost, including fifty of his high ranking officers, and ending virtually all resistance in Germany
November 16231 historical events
Death of William Camden
William Camden dies at Chislehurst in Kent.
December 16231 historical events
Marriage
Abrogates the Anglo-Spanish Marriage Treaty
Battle of Great Wall
Defeats Nurhachi
Battle of Great Wall
The Manchus are stopped at the Great Wall by Governor Yuang Chunghuan. The Manchus are forced to turn west & expand into Mongolia
Drama
John Heminges and Henry Condell, two of Shakespeares friends from the King's Men, published the First Folio, a collected edition of Shakespeares plays containing 36 texts, including 18 printed for the first time
Drama
John Heminges and Henry Condell, two of Shakespeares friends from the King's Men, published the First Folio, a collected edition of Shakespeares plays containing 36 texts, including 18 printed for the first time
Drama
Two of Shakespeares former theatrical colleagues publish the First Folio, a collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeares. John Heminges and Henry Condell, two of Shakespeares friends from the King's Men, published the First Folio, a collected edition of Shakespeares plays containing 36 texts, including 18 printed for the first time
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John Heminges and Henry Condell, two of Shakespeares friends from the King's Men, published the First Folio, a collected edition of Shakespeares plays containing 36 texts, including 18 printed for the first time
Happy Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in the "Happy Parliament" of 1623-24
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire in the "Happy Parliament" of 1623-24
Marriage
Joins Prince Charles during his 1623 trip to Habsburg Spain in pursuit of the Spanish Match
Marriage
Fails in scheme to marry Charles I to the infanta Maria of Spain
Bacon Expands Learning Treatise In Latin
Bacon published De Augmentis Scientiarum as a substantially enlarged Latin treatment of the advancement of learning. Its international form made his taxonomy and research agenda accessible to European scholars.
Bacon Publishes History Of Life And Death
Bacon examined aging and the possibility of extending human life in a dedicated natural history. His treatment linked medicine to the practical ambitions of his experimental program.
Birth of Algernon Sidney
Algernon Sidney is born at Penshurst Place in Kent.
Quaestiones Celeberrimae in Genesim
Mersenne publishes a large apologetic work engaging theology, philosophy and contemporary natural knowledge.
Descartes Pursues Independent Mathematics
With personal resources supporting his travels Descartes concentrated on mathematical and philosophical problems. The freedom to work outside a university shaped his unusually private research habits.
Declaration of War
Renews the 30 Year War but his efforts end without gain in 1624
Pope
Appointed Pope
Copernican System
Galileo revives his project of writing a book about heliocentrism, encouraged by the election of Cardinal Barberini as Pope Urban VIII in 1623
The Assayer Published
Galileo publishes The Assayer, presenting influential arguments about mathematical description and the investigation of natural phenomena.
Copernican System
Galileo revives his project of writing a book about heliocentrism, encouraged by the election of Cardinal Barberini as Pope Urban VIII in 1623. Friend and admirer of Galileo, and had opposed the condemnation of Galileo in 1616
Retirement
Hands over to his son but retains authority until his death
Persecution
Intensifies the persecution of Christians
Succession
Succeeds as Tokugawa Shogun, 3rd Shogun
Rule of Bohemia
Bohemia surrenders to the Imperialists
Abdication
Forced to abdicate by the Janissaries in favour of Murad IV
Arrest of Mustafa I
Forced to abdicate by the Janissaries in favour of Murad IV