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===January&ndash;March===
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Pierre Corneille]]'s [[tragicomedy]] ''[[Le Cid]]'' is first performed, in [[Paris]], [[Kingdom of France|France]].
* [[January 16]] &ndash; The [[siege of Nagpur]] ends in the modern-day [[Maharashtra]] state of [[India]], as Kok Shah, the [[Gonds of Deogarh|King of Deogarh]], surrenders his kingdom to the [[Mughal Empire]].
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen]] arrives from the Netherlands to become the Governor of [[Dutch Brazil]], and extends the range of the colony over the next six years.
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Qing invasion of Joseon]]: The Manchu armies of China complete their invasion of northern Korea with the surrender of [[Injo of Joseon|King Injo]] of the [[Joseon|Joseon Kingdom]].
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Tulip mania]] collapses in the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Leyster | first = Judith | title = Judith Leyster : a Dutch master and her world | publisher = Waanders Publishers Worcester Art Museum | location = Zwolle Worcester, Massachusetts | year = 1993 | isbn = 9789066302709 | page=214 | language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand III]] becomes [[Holy Roman Emperor]] upon the death of his father, [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]], although his formal coronation does not take place until later in the year.<ref>{{cite book | last = LastName | first = FirstName | title = Britannica concise encyclopedia | publisher = Encyclopaedia Britannica | location = Chicago | year = 2006 | isbn = 9781593394929 | page=666}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Battle off Lizard Point]] &ndash; Off the coast of [[Cornwall]], [[Kingdom of England|England]], a [[Habsburg Spain|Spanish]] fleet intercepts an Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
* [[March 6]] &ndash; The world's first [[opera]] house, ''[[Teatro San Cassiano]]'', opens in [[Venice]] with the premiere of ''L'Andromeda'', with music by [[Francesco Manelli]] and libretto by [[Benedetto Ferrari]].<ref>Mark Ringer, ''Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi'' (Amadeus Press, 2006) p. 130</ref>
* [[March 25]] &ndash; The [[Blessed Virgin]] is proclaimed [[Queen of Genoa]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Hatton | first = Ragnhild | title = Royal and republican sovereignty in early modern Europe : essays in memory of Ragnhild Hatton | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge England New York, NY, USA | year = 1997 | isbn = 9780521419109 | page=294 }}</ref>