Important Historical Events of the year 1636, Year 1636 in History

List of 1636 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1636

What happened in the year 1636?

Date Event
March 26, 1636 Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
April 30, 1636 Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
October 4, 1636 Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
October 28, 1636 The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
December 13, 1636 The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians, a date now considered the founding of the National Guard of the United States.