Major Events
- Mar 1 Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England mandating that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date
- Mar 4 England's King Charles I grants a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Apr 29 Sweden & Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein
- Jun 7 English King Charles I ratifies the Petition of Rights
- Jun 9 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Massachusetts
- Jul 5 English settlers establish town of St Michael (later Bridgetown) on Barbados
- Aug 1 Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestants convert to Catholicism
- Aug 10 Swedish warship Vasa sinks in Stockholm, killing 30
- Aug 25 Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia
- Aug 27 Java: Sultan Agung of Mataram attacks Batavia
- More 1628 Events
Charles Perrault
John Bunyan
George Villiers
Charles I