Editing 1624 (section)

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* The Japanese ''[[shōgun]]'' expels the Spanish from Japan, and severs trade with the [[Philippines]].
* [[Henry Briggs (mathematician)|Henry Briggs]] publishes ''Arithmetica Logarithmica''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Professor of History Mordechai Feingold|author2=Mordechai Feingold|title=The Mathematician's Apprenticeship: Science, Universities and Society in England 1560-1640|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7q48AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA141|date=9 February 1984|publisher=CUP Archive|isbn=978-0-521-25133-4|pages=141}}</ref>
* [[Jakob Bartsch]] first publishes a chart, showing the constellation [[Camelopardalis]] around the [[North Star]].
* Queen [[Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba]] starts to rule.
* [[Frans Hals]] produces the painting later known as the ''[[Laughing Cavalier]]''.<ref>[[Wallace Collection]], London.</ref>
* The German-language [[Luther Bible]] is publicly burned, by order of the Pope.
* A confrontation between Swedish and Danish councillors ends with a Swedish diplomatic victory due to Sweden's ability to mobilize quickly.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lockhart |first=Paul Douglas |date=2004 |title=Sweden in the Seventeenth Century |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-230-80255-1 |journal=SpringerLink |language=en | quote= The reforms, by providing Sweden with military forces that were simultaneously professional, native, and easy to mobilize, paid immediate and handsome dividends. When Swedish and Danish councillors confronted one another in the tense showdown at Knäröd in 1624 (see Chapter 3), it was Sweden’s ability to mobilize its forces at a moment’s notice that made possible a diplomatic victory over wealthier Denmark. |doi=10.1007/978-0-230-80255-1|isbn=978-0-333-73157-4 }}</ref>
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