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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.

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February 25: Albrecht von Wallenstein, dismissed as the supreme commander of the Army of the Holy Roman Emperor, is assassinated.
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September 6: The Imperial army defeats the Army of Sweden at the Battle of Nördlingen
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  • October 11 The Burchardi flood (also known as the second Grote Mandrenke) strikes the North Sea coast of Germany and Denmark, causing at least 8,000 deaths and perhaps as many as 12,000.
  • November 11 The Irish House of Commons passes an Act for the Punishment of the Vice of Buggery.
  • December 8 Francesco Niccolini obtains an audience with Pope Urban VIII and pleads him to reconsider the Church's punishment of astronomer Galileo Galilei. The Pope replies that although he esteems Galileo highly, nothing will change. [6]
  • December 16 Gregorio Panzani, an emissary of Pope Urban VIII, is welcomed in England by King Charles I,[7] marking the first time since England's break with the Roman Catholic Church that a monarch has received an agent of the Vatican.

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George Bull
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Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau
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Johannes Camphuys
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Luca Giordano

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Albrecht von Wallenstein
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Hendrick Avercamp
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