1626 Events

1626 St. Peter's Basilica Consecrated
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), officially known in Italian as the Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica, ...
1626 Apr 25 Battle of Dessau Bridge
The Battle of Dessau Bridge (German: Schlacht bei Dessau) was a battle of the Thirty Years' War near Dessau on April 25, 1626. The Imperial Roman Catholic forces of Albrecht von Wallenste...
1626 May 4 Algonquin Indians sell Island of Manhattan to Dutch colonist Peter Minuit for Sixty Guilders
The area that is now Manhattan was long inhabited by the Lenape. In 1524, Lenape in canoes met Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European explorer to pass New York Harbor, although he did...
1626 Aug 27 Battle of Lutter am Berenberge
The Battle of Lutter (Lutter am Barenberge) took place during the Thirty Years' War, on 27 August 1626, between the forces of the Protestant Christian IV of Denmark and those of the Catho...