1636

Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s
Years:	1633 1634 1635 - 1636 - 1637 1638 1639

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Year 1636 (MDCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or to work as galley rowers.
March 26 - Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands.

August 15 - Siege of Corbie.
September 8 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes Harvard College as the first college founded in the Americas.
December 13 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.

Harvard University is established by order of the General Court of Massachusetts.
The first American ancestor of John Adams emigrates to Massachusetts.
August 15 - The covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed.
First performance of Pierre Corneille's play, Le Cid, is held.
Manchurian later Jin dynasty was renamed to Qing Dynasty.
Shogun forbids Japanese to travel abroad and those abroad from returning home.
In the American colonies, Roger Williams (theologian) founds Rhode Island.

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See also Category:1636 deaths.

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