1622
year
1622 (MDCXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1622nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 622nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 22nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1622, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s – 1620s – 1630s 1640s 1650s |
| Years: | 1619 1620 1621 – 1622 – 1623 1624 1625 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1622 MDCXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2375 |
| Armenian calendar | 1071 ԹՎ ՌՀԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6372 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1543–1544 |
| Bengali calendar | 1029 |
| Berber calendar | 2572 |
| English Regnal year | 19 Ja. 1 – 20 Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2166 |
| Burmese calendar | 984 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7130–7131 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4318 or 4258 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4319 or 4259 |
| Coptic calendar | 1338–1339 |
| Discordian calendar | 2788 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1614–1615 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5382–5383 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1678–1679 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1543–1544 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4722–4723 |
| Holocene calendar | 11622 |
| Igbo calendar | 622–623 |
| Iranian calendar | 1000–1001 |
| Islamic calendar | 1031–1032 |
| Japanese calendar | Genna 8 (元和８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1543–1544 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3955 |
| Minguo calendar | 290 before ROC 民前290年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 154 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2164–2165 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1748 or 1367 or 595 — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1749 or 1368 or 596 |
Events
change- January 1 – In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25.
- February 8 – King James I of England disbands the English Parliament.
- March 22 – In the Jamestown massacre, Algonquian Native Americans kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and destroys the Henricus settlement.
- May 13 — the Eendracht, Dutch VOC sailing ship and the second recorded European ship to make landfall on Australian soil, is wrecked off the western coast of Ambon Island, Dutch East Indies.
- Étienne Brûlé is the first European to see Lake Superior.
- Portugal loses control of the island of Ormus, after 107 years.
- Albertus Magnus is beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.
- Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha sinks off the Florida Keys, while carrying copper, silver, gold, tobacco, and indigo. (Wreck discovered 1985).