1638

16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades:1600s,1610s,1620s,1630s,1640s,1650s?,1660s,1670s?,1680s,1690s

1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643

1638 - decade 1630s - 17th century

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Events

• [Pedro Texeira]? makes the first ascent of the Amazon River, from its mouth to Quito?, Ecuador. The same trip had been made in the opposite direction in 1541?.
• The Netherlands colonizes Mauritius.
• Shipwrecked sailors from England found the first known European settlement in Belize.
• Swedish settlers arrive on the ships Kalmare Nyckel and Fågel Grip to the American colony [New Sweden]? (Delaware).

Births

Deaths

• Johann Heinrich Alsted, German theologian