1632

Events in 1632 7

• 1566 – 1632 Sigismund King of Sweden and Poland The Catholic son of John III who tried to rule both Sweden and Poland. His religion led to a civil war in Sweden.
• 1594 – 1632 Gustav II Adolf The Lion of the North Revolutionized modern warfare and led Sweden to victory in the Thirty Years War.
• 1611 – 1632 Gustavus Adolphus Lion of the North Gustavus Adolphus transformed Sweden into a major European military power during the Thirty Years’ War.
• 1632 – 1653 The Taj Mahal built The supreme masterpiece of Mughal architecture Commissioned by Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal at Agra took some two decades and tens of thousands of workers to complete. Its perfectly symmetrical white-marble dome and inlaid gardens are regarded as the jewel of Indo-Islamic architecture and one of the wonders of the world.
• 1632 – 1675 Johannes Vermeer Dutch Golden Age · Netherlands Johannes Vermeer (October 31, 1632 – December 15, 1675) was a Dutch painter who captured intimate domestic scenes with extraordinary luminosity. Girl with a Pearl Earring is among the most reproduced paintings in the world.
• 1632 – 1677 Baruch Spinoza Rationalist philosopher Baruch (Benedictus) de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, born and lived in the Dutch Republic. One of the three great Continental rationalists alongside Descartes and Leibniz, he developed a monist metaphysics identifying God with Nature, and earned his living grinding optical lenses.
• 1632 – 1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully French Baroque opera composer Italian-born French composer who dominated French music under Louis XIV, establishing the French opera tradition and the modern orchestra.