Editing 1624 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 14]] &ndash; After 90 years of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] occupation, [[Baghdad]] is recaptured by the [[Safavid empire|Safavid Empire]].
* [[January 22]] &ndash; Korean General [[Yi Gwal]] leads [[Yi Gwal's Rebellion|an uprising of 12,000 soldiers]] against [[King Injo]] in what is called then the [[Joseon Kingdom]], and occupies [[Hanseong]].
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Afonso Mendes]], appointed by [[Pope Gregory XV]] as Prelate of [[Ethiopia]], arrives at [[Massawa]] from [[Goa]].
* [[February 7]] &ndash; (January 28, 1623/4 old style) England first colonizes [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]].
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Yi Gwal]] installs Prince Heungan, son of the late [[Seonjo of Joseon|King Seongjo]], to the Korean throne.
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Yi Gwal's Rebellion]] ends as the rebels murder [[Yi Gwal]] at the town of Mukbang-ri.
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[Kara Mustafa Pasha]] becomes the [[Ottoman Governor of Egypt]] for the second time.
* [[February 19]]
**[[Philip IV of Spain|King Filipe III]] of [[Portugal]] issues a decree [[Slavery in Portugal|prohibiting the enslavement of Chinese people]] in Portugal or in its colonies.<ref>Gary João de Pina-Cabral, ''Between China and Europe: person, culture and emotion in Macao'' (Berg Publishers, 2002) p. 114</ref>
**The [[4th Parliament of King James I|last parliament]] of King [[James I of England]] begins its session.
* [[February 28]] &ndash; A decree is issued in [[Norway]] making it illegal for [[Jesuit]]s or Roman Catholic monks to be harbored in the country.
* [[March 2]] &ndash; The English House of Commons passes a resolution making it [[Resignation from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom|illegal for a Member of Parliament (MP) to quit or willfully give up his seat]]. Afterward, MPs who wish to quit are appointed to an "[[office of profit]]", a [[legal fiction]] to allow a resignation.
* [[March 25]] &ndash; In a ceremony,  [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]], renews his oath to restore Catholicism in Germany, Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia.