Editing 1629 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 7]] &ndash;  [[Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate]], the 15-year-old son of the German Palatinate elector, [[Frederick V of the Palatinate|Frederick V]], drowns in an accident while sailing to Amsterdam.
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[Abbas the Great]], one of the greatest rulers in Iranian history and the most powerful of the Safavid dynasty Shahs, dies after a reign of more than 40 years.  
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Safi of Persia|Sam Mirza]], son of the late [[Mohammad Baqer Mirza]] and grandson of [[Abbas the Great]], is crowned as the new Shah of Persia and takes the regnal name Safi.
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)]]: Around 350 English [[Puritans]] on six ships, led by [[Francis Higginson]] in the ''[[Lyon's Whelp]]'', sail from [[Yarmouth, Isle of Wight]], heading to the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] in America. They arrive on June 19.<ref name=Higginson>{{cite book|last=Higginson|first=Thomas|author-link=Thomas Wentworth Higginson|title=Life of Francis Higginson, First Minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|publisher=Dodd, Mead, & Co|location=New York|year=1891|series=Makers of America|page=[https://archive.org/details/lifefrancishigg01higggoog/page/n80 69]|url=https://archive.org/details/lifefrancishigg01higggoog|access-date=2008-12-15}}</ref>
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] is granted a [[royal charter]], and the colony is the first to be created in what will become the United States 150 years later, covering almost all of what will be the U.S. state of [[Massachusetts]].  
* [[March 6]] &ndash;  [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]] issues the [[Edict of Restitution]], ordering all [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] properties lost to [[Protestantism]] since 1552 to be restored. The Edict further provides that Catholics and [[Lutherans]] (but not [[Calvinism|Calvinists]], [[Hussite]]s or members of other [[Christian denomination|sects]]) are to be allowed to practice their faith.
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England]] dissolves [[Parliament of England|Parliament]], starting the [[Eleven Years' Tyranny]]