1622

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century–17th century–18th century
Decades:	1590s1600s1610s–1620s–1630s1640s1650s
Years:	161916201621–1622–162316241625

1622 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	1622 MDCXXII
Ab urbe condita	2375
Armenian calendar	1071 ԹՎ ՌՀԱ
Assyrian calendar	6372
Balinese saka calendar	1543–1544
Bengali calendar	1029
Berber calendar	2572
English Regnal year	19Ja. 1– 20Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar	2166
Burmese calendar	984
Byzantine calendar	7130–7131
Chinese calendar	Tân dậuNiên(MetalRooster) 4318 or 4258 — to — Nhâm tuất niên(WaterDog) 4319 or 4259
Coptic calendar	1338–1339
Discordian calendar	2788
Ethiopian calendar	1614–1615
Hebrew calendar	5382–5383
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1678–1679
-Shaka Samvat	1543–1544
-Kali Yuga	4722–4723
Holocene calendar	11622
Igbo calendar	622–623
Iranian calendar	1000–1001
Islamic calendar	1031–1032
Japanese calendar	Genna8 ( nguyên hòa ８ niên )
Javanese calendar	1543–1544
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3955
Minguo calendar	290 beforeROC Dân tiền 290 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	154
Thai solar calendar	2164–2165
Tibetan calendar	Âm kim kê niên (female Iron-Rooster) 1748 or 1367 or 595 — to — Dương thủy cẩu niên (male Water-Dog) 1749 or 1368 or 596

1622(MDCXXII) was acommon yearstarting on Saturdayof theGregorian calendarand acommon year starting on Tuesdayof theJulian calendar,the 1622nd year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 622nd year of the2nd millennium,the 22nd year of the17th century,and the 3rd year of the1620sdecade. As of the start of 1622, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• January 1– In theGregorian calendar,January 1is declared as the first day of the year, instead ofMarch 25.
• February 8– KingJames I of Englanddisbands theEnglish Parliament.
• March 22– In theJamestown massacre,AlgonquianNative Americans kill 347Englishsettlers aroundJamestown, Virginia(1/3 of the colony's population) and destroys theHenricussettlement.
• May 13— theEendracht,DutchVOCsailing ship and the second recorded European ship to make landfall onAustraliansoil, is wrecked off the western coast ofAmbon Island,Dutch East Indies.
• Étienne Brûléis the first European to seeLake Superior.
• Portugalloses control of the island ofOrmus,after 107 years.
• Albertus Magnusis beatified by theRoman Catholic Church.
• SpanishgalleonNuestra Señora de Atochasinks off theFlorida Keys,while carrying copper, silver, gold, tobacco, and indigo. (Wreck discovered1985).