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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1590s 1600s 1610s – 1620s – 1630s 1640s 1650s
Years:	1625 1626 1627 – 1628 – 1629 1630 1631

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Dutch admiral Piet Hein, leader of the Dutch fleet that captured the Spanish treasure fleet in the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas.

Year 1628 (MDCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.

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January 25 – Shah Jahan crowned as ruler of the Mughal Empire in Agra.
March 1 – Writs issued in February by King Charles I required every county in England (not just seaport towns) to pay ship tax by this date.
March 17 – Oliver Cromwell makes first appearance in the English Parliament as Member for Huntingdon.
May–August 4 – Thirty Years' War: As a result of its refusal to accept the Capitulation of Franzburg, Stralsund is besieged by Wallenstein's imperial army.
June 7 – King Charles I reconvenes the English Parliament and accepts the Petition of Right as a concession to gain his subsidies.

August 4 – Thirty Years' War: With the help of Danish and Swedish reinforcements, Stralsund is able to resist Wallenstein's siege until the landing of a Danish army, led by Christian IV of Denmark, forces Wallenstein to raise the siege and move his army to confront the new threat.
August 10 – The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage in the Stockholm harbor.
August 23 – George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
September 2 – Thirty Years' War: Wallenstein defeats Christian IV of Denmark's army in the Battle of Wolgast.
September 6 – Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
September 7–September 8 – Eighty Years' War: Dutch admiral Piet Hein captures 16 ships of the Spanish treasure fleet in the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas. The immense booty taken brings in over 11 million guilders, part of which is used to fund the entire army of the Dutch republic for 8 months long.
October 28 – The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.

William Harvey publishes Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus, containing his findings about blood circulation.
The Collegiate School, today the oldest educational institution in North America, is established.
The War of the Mantuan Succession breaks out over Mantua and Montferrat. The war is fought between the Duke of Savoy, who is supported by Spain, and the Duke of Nevers, who is supported by France.

March 12 – John Bull, English composer (b. c. 1562)
March 29 – Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)
June 8 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547)
July 13 – Robert Shirley, English adventurer (b. c. 1581)
August 6 – Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573)
August 23 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (b. 1592)
September 30 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English writer (b. 1554)
October 16 – François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
November 15 – Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. 1576)
November 16 – Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer (b. c. 1555)
date unknown – Gregor Aichinger, German composer (b. c. 1565)

The events of the historical novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas take place in this year, and include fictionalized versions of the Siege of La Rochelle and the assassination of the Duke of Buckingham.