Editing 1636 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 10]] &ndash; The Senate of the Venetian Republic votes, 82 to 4, in favor of renewing the charter of Jewish merchants to sell within the city, after a delay of almost six months.<ref>Simone Luzzatto, ''Discourse on the State of the Jews'' (De Gruyter, 2019) p. 257</ref>
* [[July 20]] &ndash; The Pequot War begins in New England when John Oldham and several of his crew are killed when his ship is attacked and robbed, apparently by allies of the Narragansett Indians at Block Island.<ref>Gabriele Esposito, ''Armies of Early Colonial North America, 1607–1713: History, Organization and Uniforms'' (Pen & Sword Books, 2018)</ref>
* [[July 30]] &ndash; In France, [[Cardinal Richelieu]] persuades King Louis XIII to issue an ''ordonnance'' excusing the French nobility from military service if they pay a tax which allows the hiring of paid cavalry.<ref>Stéphane Thion, ''French Armies of the Thirty Years' War'' (LRT Editions, 2013) p. 86</ref>
* [[August 15]] &ndash; The Spanish besiege [[Corbie]], [[Kingdom of France|France]].
* [[August 25]] (August 15 [[Old Style]]) &ndash; The covenant of the Town of [[Dedham, Massachusetts|Dedham]], [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] is first signed.
* [[September 18]] (September 8 [[Old Style]])  &ndash;  A vote of the [[Great and General Court]] of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] establishes [[Harvard University|New College]] ([[Harvard University]]), as the first college founded in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Morison | first = Samuel | title = Three centuries of Harvard, 1636-1926 | publisher = Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | location = Cambridge, Mass | year = 1964 | isbn = 9780674888913 |page=5|language=en}}</ref>