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1628| 1606–1657 | Ottoman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, Hungary, Transylvania [treaties] | The 1606 peace treaties between the Habsburg and Ottoman empires lead to half a century of peace and stability in Hungary; no major campaigns are fought between the two, though frontier skirmishes and raids are endemic, and Transylvania develops into a rich regional power. | | 1607–1700 | North America, UK [food and drink] | Fruits introduced to the North American colonies from England include apples, which adapt well in New England, and peaches, which grow easily in Virginia and other warmer regions. Native vegetables like pumpkins, squash, and beans are favoured over European vegetables. | | 1628 | England [thought and scholarship] | English jurist Edward Coke publishes The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. The last part is published in 1644. | | February 1628 | Mogul Empire, India [political events] | Having beaten off competition from his brothers by killing all his male relatives, Shah Jahan becomes the Mogul emperor of India. | | April 1628 | Sweden, Denmark-Norway [treaties] | Sweden and Denmark sign a treaty for the defence of Stralsund against Albrecht von Wallenstein, the imperial commander in chief, which brings King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden into the Thirty Years' War. | | August 1628 | Holy Roman Empire [Thirty Years War (1618–48)] | Albrecht von Wallenstein, the imperial commander in chief, raises the siege of Stralsund (begun in June), his first reverse on the battlefield. | | November 1628 | England [births and deaths] | John Bunyan, English Puritan minister and preacher, author of The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), born in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England (–1688). |
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