Editing 1634 (section)

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* [[Curaçao]] is captured by the [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]].
* The English establish a settlement at Cochin (modern-day [[Kochi]]) on the [[Malabar Coast]].
* Suspecting that Patriarch [[Afonso Mendes]] played a part in the Portuguese assault on [[Mombasa]], Emperor [[Fasilides]] expels him and several [[Jesuit]] missionaries from [[Ethiopia]].
* The ''[[Académie Française]]'' is formed by [[Cardinal Richelieu]] (it will be formally established in [[1635]]).
* The first performance of the [[Oberammergau Passion Play]] is held in [[Electorate of Bavaria|Bavaria]].
* [[Moses Amyraut]]'s ''Traité de la predestination'' is published.
* The [[Paulaner Brewery]] is established in [[Munich]], by [[Minim (religious order)|Minim]] [[friar]]s.</onlyinclude>