Buildings

• 1632 – work started on the Taj Mahal
  Taj Mahal
  The Taj Mahal is a white Marble mausoleum located in Agra, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal...
  
  , designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri
  Ustad Ahmad Lahauri
  Ustad Ahmad Lahouri, ; was an architect and the most likely candidate as the chief architect of the Taj Mahal. He has been described as an architect in the court of Shah Jahan from Lahore. He is also typically described to be Persian...
  
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• 1633 – completion of the Palazzo Barberini
  Palazzo Barberini
  Palazzo Barberini is a palace in Rome, facing the piazza of the same name in Rione Trevi and is home to the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica.-History:...
  
   in Rome
  Rome
  Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
  
   by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
  Gian Lorenzo Bernini
  Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...
  
  . (begun 1627
  1620s in architecture
  -Buildings:* 1627 - Palazzo Barberini in Rome begun by Carlo Maderno and Francesco Borromini .* 1627 - Muchalls Castle in Scotland, reconstruction completed by Thomas Burnett of Leys.* 1628 - George Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland....
  
   by Maderno
  Carlo Maderno
  Carlo Maderno was a Swiss-Italian architect, born in Ticino, who is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture. His façades of Santa Susanna, St. Peter's Basilica and Sant'Andrea della Valle were of key importance in the evolution of the Italian Baroque...
  
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• 1633 – opening of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice
  Venice
  Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
  
  , designed by Baldassare Longhena.
• 1633 - reconstruction of the Great Synagogue of Vilna
  Great Synagogue of Vilna
  The Great Synagogue of Vilna which once stood at the end of Jewish Street , Vilna, Lithuania, was built between 1630-1633 after permission was granted to construct a synagogue from stone...
  
   completed
• 1635 – work started on the Radziwiłł Palace in Vilnius
• November 7, 1638 – The Marian column in Marienplatz
  Marienplatz
  Marienplatz is a central square in the city center of Munich, Germany. It has been the city's main square since 1158.-Architecture:...
  
   in Munich
  Munich
  Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
  
  , the first one north of the Alps, was built.
• Shah Jahan
  Shah Jahan
  Shah Jahan Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan, , Persian: شاه جهان) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666) Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan, , Persian: شاه جهان) (January 5, 1592 – January 22, 1666) (Full title: His Imperial Majesty Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan...
  
   decides to found a new capital in the region of Delhi
  Delhi
  Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
  
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Births

• 1632 - Elizabeth Wilbraham (died 1705)
• October 20, 1632 - Christopher Wren
  Christopher Wren
  Sir Christopher Wren FRS is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.He used to be accorded responsibility for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710...
  
   (died 1723)
• July 18, 1635 - Robert Hooke
  Robert Hooke
  Robert Hooke FRS was an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath.His adult life comprised three distinct periods: as a scientific inquirer lacking money; achieving great wealth and standing through his reputation for hard work and scrupulous honesty following the great fire of 1666, but...
  
   (died 1703)

Deaths

• 6 August 1639 – Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger
  Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger
  Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger was a Flemish-Danish architect who specialised in the Dutch Renaissance style, typical of prestigious Danish buildings from the first half of the 17th century...
  
  , Flemish/Danish architect (b. 1587)