1638

Years: 1635 1636 1637 - 1638 - 1639 1640 1641
Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Events

March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden.
April 15 - Shogunate forces defeat the last rebels of Shimabara Rebellion in the fortress of Hara.
May 11 - French admiral d'Estrees runs his whole fleet aground in Curacao.
Dutch settle in Ceylon.
Pedro Teixeira 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.
Willem Kieft, Dutch merchant, appointed Director of New Amsterdam by the Dutch West India Company.
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).