1623
Events August 6 - Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman II (1618-1622) to Murat IV (1623-1640). The Safavids recapture Baghdad. England first colonizes Saint Kitts and Nevis. Wilhelm Schickard invents his "Calculating Clock", and early mechanical calculator. Procopius's long-lost Secret History is rediscovered in the Vatican Library. Giambattista Marini publishes his long poem Adone. Tommaso Campanella publishes The City of the Sun. Johannes Rudbeck founds Rudbeckianska Gymnasiet, first gymnasium in Sweden. The Avedis Zildjian Company begins making cymbals at Constantinople. Second Thanksgiving celebrated at Plymouth Plantation. Erotomania is first mentioned in a psychiatric treatise.
Births January 9 - Empress Meisho of Japan June 19 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher August 5 - Antonio Cesti, composer (data of baptism) (+ 1669) Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (+ 1673) Sir William Petty
Deaths March 19 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord July 4 - William Byrd, composer July 8 - Pope Gregory XV 12 November - Josaphat Kuncevyc, archbishop from Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, key figure in Union of Brest Andrea Andreani, Italian engraver William Camden, historian
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