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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 19]] &ndash; (26 [[Jumada al-Awwal]] 1037 [[Islamic calendar|A.H.]]) The reign of [[Shahryar Mirza|Salef-ud-din Muhammad Shahryar]] as the Mughal Emperor, Shahryar Mirza, comes to an end a little more than two months after the November 7 death of his father, [[Jahangir]], as Sharyar's older brother, Shihab defeats him in battle. Prince Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram takes the name [[Shah Jahan]] and sentences Shahryar and other members of the court to death.
* [[January 23]] &ndash; After being incarcerated and blinded on orders of his brother, former Mughal Emperor Shahryar Mirza is put to death, along with his nephews, co-ruler [[Dawar Bakhsh]], and Princes Garshasp, Tahmuras and Hoshang. 
* [[February 3]] &ndash; In what is now the South American nation of [[Chile]], the indigenous [[Mapuche]] lay siege to the Spanish colonial settlement of [[Fort Nativity (Fuerte de Nacimiento)|Nacimiento]]. The Spanish captain and a force of 40 men are able to hold out until reinforcements arrive two days later, but the attackers take muskets and two cannons.
* [[February 5]] &ndash; The [[Chongzhen]] Era begins in [[Ming dynasty]] China after the October 2 ascension of Zhu Youjian, the [[Chongzhen Emperor]], on the first day of the Chinese New Year, and the [[Tianqi (era)|Tianqi era]] formally ends.
* [[February 10]] &ndash; King [[Gustavus Adolphus]] of Sweden issues an order bringing an end to the "foolishness and insanity" ("dårskap och galenskap") of religious visionary [[Margareta i Kumla]], prohibiting Swedes from making pilgrimages to see her on pain of imprisonment, and threatening her with incarceration if she continues to preach about her visions from the angels.
* [[February 14]] &ndash; The coronation of [[Shah Jahan]] as ruler of the [[Mughal Empire]] takes place in [[Agra]]. 
* [[March 1]] &ndash; Writs issued in February, by [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]], require every county in England (not just seaport towns) to pay [[ship tax]] by this date.
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Oliver Cromwell]] makes his first appearance in the English [[Parliament]], as Member for [[Huntingdon]].