Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s
Years: 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 - 1636 - 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641
Events
- March 26 - Utrecht University founded.
- September 8 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes Harvard College as the first college founded in the Americas.
- The first American ancestor of John Adams emigrates to Massachusetts.
- Dedham,_Massachusetts is incorporated.
- First performance of Pierre Corneille's play, Le Cid
- Manchurian Later Jin dynasty was renamed to Qing Dynasty.
- Father Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer
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