1634
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1634 (MDCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1634th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 634th year of the 2nd millennium, the 34th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1630s decade. As of the start of 1634, 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: | 1600s 1610s 1620s – 1630s – 1640s 1650s 1660s |
| Years: | 1631 1632 1633 – 1634 – 1635 1636 1637 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1634 MDCXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2387 |
| Armenian calendar | 1083 ԹՎ ՌՁԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6384 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1555–1556 |
| Bengali calendar | 1041 |
| Berber calendar | 2584 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Cha. 1 – 10 Cha. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2178 |
| Burmese calendar | 996 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7142–7143 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4330 or 4270 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 4331 or 4271 |
| Coptic calendar | 1350–1351 |
| Discordian calendar | 2800 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1626–1627 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5394–5395 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1690–1691 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1555–1556 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4734–4735 |
| Holocene calendar | 11634 |
| Igbo calendar | 634–635 |
| Iranian calendar | 1012–1013 |
| Islamic calendar | 1043–1044 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 11 (寛永１１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1555–1556 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3967 |
| Minguo calendar | 278 before ROC 民前278年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 166 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2176–2177 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1760 or 1379 or 607 — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1761 or 1380 or 608 |
Events
change- February 24-25 – Rebellious soldiers kill Albrecht von Wallenstein
- March 1 – Battle at Smolensk, King Ladislaus IV of Poland defeats Russian army.
- March 25 – The first settlers arrive in St. Mary's City, Maryland (led by Lord Baltimore), the fourth permanent settlement in British North America.
- August 18 – Urbain Grandier, a priest accused of sorcery, burned alive in Loudun, France.
- September 5 and September 6 – Battle of Nördlingen (1634) results in Catholic victory
- Moses Amyraut's Traite de la predestination is published
- Curaçao captured by the Dutch
- Treaty of Polianovska
- First meeting of the Académie française
- Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Opening of Covent Garden Market in London
- English establish a settlement at Cochin, now Kochi on Malabar coast
- First decennial performance of the Oberammergau Passion Plays
- Oxford University Press receives its charter and becomes the second of the privileged presses