1634
| Years: 1631 1632 1633 – 1634 – 1635 1636 1637 | |
| Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s – 1630s – 1640s 1650s 1660s | |
| Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1634 in topic: | |
Events
- Moses Amyraut's Traite de la predestination is published
- Curaçao captured by the Dutch
- Treaty of Polianovska
- First meeting of the Académie française
- The witchcraft affair at Loudun
- Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Opening of Covent Garden Market in London
- English establish a settlement at Cochin, now Kochi on Malabar coast
- First decennial performance of the Oberammergau Passion Plays
- March 1 – Battle at Smolensk, King Ladislaus IV of Poland defeats Russian army.
- March 25 – The first settlers arrive in St. Mary's City, Maryland (led by Lord Baltimore), the fourth permanent settlement in British North America.
- September 5 and September 6 – Battle of Nördlingen (1634) results in Catholic victory
- Oxford University Press receives its charter and becomes the second of the privileged presses
Births
- March 18 – Marie-Madeleine de La Fayette, French novelist (d. 1693)
- March 20 – Balthasar Bekker, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1698)
- June 20 – Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
- October 18 – Luca Giordano, Italian artist (d. 1705)
- December 15 – Thomas Kingo, Danish poet (d. 1703)
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (d. 1704)
- Adam Krieger, German composer (d. 1666)
Deaths
- February 25 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Czech politician (assassinated) (b. 1583)
- May 12 – George Chapman, English author (b. 1559)
- May 15 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
- June 25 – John Marston, English dramatist (b. 1576)
- Johann Aldringer, Austrian soldier
- Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (b. 1568)
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