1630s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1600s 1610s 1620s – 1630s – 1640s 1650s 1660s
Years:	1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1630s decade ran from January 1, 1630, to December 31, 1639.

Events and trends

The Puritans engaged in the Great Migration.
Thirty Years' War was in full swing in Europe
1632 – Just a couple of months before his death in battle, Swedish king Gustav II Adolf The Great ratified the establishment of the University of Tartu, the second university in the Swedish Empire.
September 8, 1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony established Harvard College as the first college founded in the Americas.
1639: The British founded their first settlement in India, Fort St George, at Madras.^[1]

Chongzhen, Ming dynasty Emperor of China (1627–1644)
King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (1588–1648).
King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (1625–1649).
King Louis XIII of France (1610–1643).
Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister of France (1624–1642).
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1620–1637).
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1637–1657).
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Overijssel and Gelderland (1625–1647).
Hong Taiji, Qing Dynasty King of Manchuria (1626–1643).
Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644).
King Philip IV of Spain (1621–1665).
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1611–1632)
Queen Christina of Sweden (1632–1654).
Padshah Shah Jahan(1628–1658) of the Mughal Empire