1633

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Events

= January–March =

  • January 20Galileo Galilei, having been summoned to Rome on orders of Pope Urban VIII, leaves for Florence for his journey. His carriage is halted at Ponte a Centino at the border of Tuscany, where he is quarantined for 22 days because of an outbreak of the plague. William R. Shea and Mariano Artigas, Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius (Oxford University Press, 2004)
  • February 6 – the formal coronation of Władysław IV Vasa as King of Poland takes place at the cathedral in Kraków. He had been elected as king on November 8.
  • February 9 – the Duchy of Hesse-Cassel captures Dorsten from the Electorate of Cologne without resistance.
  • February 13
  • Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
  • Fire engines are used for the first time in England in order to control and extinguish a fire that breaks out at London Bridge, but not before 43 houses are destroyed. "Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p29
  • March 1Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France, on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.

= April–June =

  • April 12Galileo Galilei is convicted of heresy by the Roman Catholic Church. {{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/galileo-is-convicted-of-heresy |title=Galileo is convicted of heresy - Apr 12, 1633 |website=HISTORY.com |access-date=2016-01-09 |archive-date=May 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513232916/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/galileo-is-convicted-of-heresy |url-status=live }}
  • May 22Samuel de Champlain, founder of the French colony of New France, returns to Quebec after being gone for four years, commissioned as Lieutenant General of the troops of New France, but not as governor.
  • May 28Aurangzeb, Crown Prince of the Mughal Empire in India, narrowly escapes death when an elephant stampedes through his encampment, but is able to defend himself with a lance.
  • June 18Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, according to Anglican rite in his first visit to Scotland since early childhood, although he has been Scottish monarch since 1625.{{cite book | last = Ashley | first = Michael | title = British monarchs : the complete genealogy, gazetteer, and biographical encyclopedia of the kings & queens of Britain | publisher = Robinson | location = London | year = 1998 | isbn = 9781854875044 | page=37}}
  • June 22 – the Roman Catholic Church forces Galileo Galilei to recant his heliocentric view of the Solar System. According to legend, he claims Eppur si muove.

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