What happened 1629 AD

The Italian plague of 1629–1631 develops as a series of outbreaks of bubonic plague. About 280,000 people are estimated to be killed in Lombardy and other territories of Northern Italy. The Italian plague is estimated to have claimed between 35 and 69 percent of the local population.

Peace of Susa was signed by France and England.

The English Roman Catholic cardinal, Philip Howard, was born in London.

John Coen, merchant/gov-gen of East-Indies, passed away at the age of 42.