1626

1626 (MDCXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1626th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 626th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1626, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

1626 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1626 MDCXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2379
Armenian calendar	1075 ԹՎ ՌՀԵ
Assyrian calendar	6376
Balinese saka calendar	1547–1548
Bengali calendar	1033
Berber calendar	2576
English Regnal year	1 Cha. 1 – 2 Cha. 1
Buddhist calendar	2170
Burmese calendar	988
Byzantine calendar	7134–7135
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4322 or 4262     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 4323 or 4263
Coptic calendar	1342–1343
Discordian calendar	2792
Ethiopian calendar	1618–1619
Hebrew calendar	5386–5387
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1682–1683
- Shaka Samvat	1547–1548
- Kali Yuga	4726–4727
Holocene calendar	11626
Igbo calendar	626–627
Iranian calendar	1004–1005
Islamic calendar	1035–1036
Japanese calendar	Kan'ei 3 (寛永３年)
Javanese calendar	1547–1548
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3959
Minguo calendar	286 before ROC 民前286年
Nanakshahi calendar	158
Thai solar calendar	2168–2169
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Wood-Ox) 1752 or 1371 or 599     — to — མེ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Tiger) 1753 or 1372 or 600

Events

• September 30 – Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Huang Taiji.
• November 18 – The new St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is consecrated, the anniversary of that of the previous church in 326.
• Spanish establish a trading colony on Taiwan.
• Peter Minuit, director of the New Netherland colony, begins a policy of "purchasing" Manhattan from the Lenape.
• Work begins on building the sailing ship Vasa.
• The Duchy of Urbino is incorporated into the Papal States.
• The English Parliament impeach George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, favorite of Charles I of England.
• Charles I dissolves Parliament.
• The Dutch settle Manhattan, founding the town of New Amsterdam. The town would transform into a piece of what is now New York City.
• In New England, the Town (later City) of Salem, Massachusetts is founded at Naumkeag