Events

• March 1 - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
• August 10 - The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship HMS Wasa sinks on her maiden voyage.
• September 6 - Puritans settle Salem which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• October 28 – Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
• Charles I reconvenes the English Parliament and accepts the Petition of Right as a concession to gain his subsidies.
• Island of Santorini explodes.
• John Felton assassinates George Villiers, duke of Buckingham.
• William Harvey publishes his findings about blood circulation.

Births

• January 12 - Charles Perrault, folklorist (d. 1703)
• May 17 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria
• November 28 - John Bunyan, English writer (d. 1688)

Deaths

• Gregor Aichinger, composer