1622

1622 in various
Minguo calendar
	290 before ROC; 民前290年
Nanakshahi calendar	154
Thai solar calendar	2164–2165
Tibetan calendar	阴金鸡年; (female Iron-Rooster); 1748 or 1367 or 595; — to —; 阳水狗年; (male Water-Dog); 1749 or 1368 or 596

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century; 17th century ; 18th century;
Decades:	1600s; 1610s; 1620s ; 1630s; 1640s;
Years:	1619; 1620; 1621; 1622 ; 1623; 1624; 1625;

Jamestown massacre

of 347 English settlers takes place

1622 (MDCXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1622nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 622nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 22nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1622, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

January 7 – The Holy Roman Empire and Transylvania sign the Peace of Nikolsburg.
James I of England dissolves the English Parliament
.

March 22 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown, Virginia (one third of the colony's population), and burn the Henricus settlement. This begins the American Indian Wars.^[2]

Wimpfen. At the ensuing Battle of Wimpfen
, Georg Friedrich's army is almost completely destroyed.

Eendracht, a VOC ship and the second recorded European ship to make landfall on Australian soil, is wrecked off the western coast of Ambon Island, Dutch East Indies
.

May 25 – The English ship Tryall, which left Plymouth, England for Batavia (now Jakarta), wrecks on the Tryal Rocks, nine months later (the wreck is discovered in 1969).
Huguenot city of Royan is taken by royal forces, after a short siege
.

June 20 – Thirty Years' War: Imperial forces under Tilly attempt to prevent Christian the Younger of Brunswick from moving his army across the Main River, to link up with Mansfeld. At the Battle of Höchst, Tilly manages to inflict considerable casualties on the Protestant forces, as well as seizing Brunswick's baggage train. Nonetheless, the bulk of Brunswick's forces manage to unite with Mansfeld.
June 24 – Dutch–Portuguese War – Battle of Macau: The outnumbered Portuguese forces successfully defend Macau from the Dutch fleet, keeping a Portuguese foothold in the Far East.

July 13 – Thirty Years' War: After Mansfeld fails to relieve the siege of Heidelberg, Frederick V of the Palatinate cancels Mansfeld's contract and disbands his army. The unemployed army of Mansfeld and Christian the Younger of Brunswick is subsequently hired by the Dutch.
July 13 or July 14 – English and Dutch ships defeat the Portuguese, near Portuguese East Africa.
besieged by a Spanish army, under the command of Ambrogio Spinola
.

Gonzalo de Córdoba. In the Battle of Fleurus
, Cordoba manages to fight off the Protestant assault. The next day, Cordoba surprises the retreating Protestant army with his cavalry, resulting in the destruction of most of the Protestant army.

September 6 – Spanish treasure fleet sinks off Marquesas Keys in the straits of Florida. Atocha, Margarita, and Rosario are the most heavily laden treasure ships found in the 20th century.
Electorate of the Palatinate, is taken by the Imperial army of Tilly
' after a three-month siege.

Huguenot fleet of La Rochelle, commanded by Jean Guiton, and a royal fleet under the command of Charles of Guise
.

November 2 – After a siege of 13 days, the German city of Mannheim is captured from England by a force of Spanish and Imperial Holy Roman troops led by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly.
November 25 – King Christian IV of Denmark invites the Sephardic Jews of Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic to settle in the newly-built Danish town of Lykstad, promising them the free exercise of their religion without persecution. The city remains part of Denmark until 1864 until it is captured in the Second Schleswig War and is now part of Germany as Glückstadt.
November 30 – A fleet of 43 Dutch ships from Suriname attacks the Araya Peninsula in Venezuela in an attempt to halt construction of a Spanish fortress. The Spanish drive the Dutch away after six weeks of fighting, ending January 13, 1623.
December 18 – Portuguese forces with Imbangala allies score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in modern-day Angola as part of the First Kongo-Portuguese War.
December 22 – The Spanish colonial city of Bucaramanga is founded in the colony of Nueva Grandada in what is now Colombia.

Dutch ships under Jochem Swartenhont, while escorting a convoy, repel a Spanish squadron near Gibraltar.
Portugal loses control of the island of Ormus, after 107 years.
Roman Catholic Church
.
Rosicrucianism furor breaks out in Paris.^[6]
War between the Netherlands and Spain recommences, after the Twelve Years' Truce (1609–1621).
The Golden Horn freezes.
First record of bottled spring water in England at Holy Well, Malvern.