What is 1628?
{{Year nav|1628}} {{Year in various calendars|1628}} {{Year article header|1628}} == Events == * [[March 1]] – writs were issued in February '''1628''' by [[Charles I of England]] that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay [[ship tax]] by this date. * [[August 10]] – The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship [[Vasa (ship)|Vasa]] sinks on her maiden voyage in the [[Stockholm]] harbor * [[September 6]] – [[Puritan]]s settle [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] which will later become part of [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]. * [[October 28]]–[[Siege of La Rochelle]] ends with the surrender of the [[Huguenots]]. * [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] reconvenes the English [[Parliament]] and accepts the [[Petition of Right]] as a concession to gain his subsidies. * Island of [[Santorini]] explodes. * [[John Felton]] assassinates [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|George Villiers, duke of Buckingham]]. * [[William Harvey]] publishes his findings about [[blood circulation]]. * [[The Collegiate School]], today the oldest educational institution in North America, is established. * ''[[Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus]]'', by [[William Harvey]], is published. [[Category:1628| ]]