1623
| Years: 1620 1621 1622 – 1623 – 1624 1625 1626 | |
| Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s – 1620s – 1630s 1640s 1650s | |
| Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1623 in topic: | |
Events
- August 6 – Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy.
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman II (1618-1622) to Murat IV (1623-1640).
- The Safavids recapture Baghdad.
- England first colonizes Saint Kitts and Nevis.
- Wilhelm Schickard invents his "Calculating Clock", an early mechanical calculator.
- Procopius's long-lost Secret History is rediscovered in the Vatican Library.
- Giambattista Marini publishes his long poem Adone.
- Tommaso Campanella publishes The City of the Sun.
- Johannes Rudbeck founds Rudbeckianska Gymnasiet, first gymnasium in Sweden.
- The Avedis Zildjian Company begins making cymbals at Constantinople.
- Second Thanksgiving celebrated at Plymouth Plantation.
- Erotomania is first mentioned in a psychiatric treatise.
Births
- January 9 – Empress Meisho of Japan (d. 1696)
- May 27 – Sir William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)
- June 19 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1662)
- August 5 – (date of baptism) Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669)
- Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (d. 1673)
Deaths
- March 19 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
- July 4 – William Byrd, English composer
- July 8 – Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
- November 9 – William Camden, English historian (b. 1551)
- November 12 – Josaphat Kuncevyc, Lithuanian archbishop
- Andrea Andreani, Italian engraver (b. 1540)
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