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1626 (MDCXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1626th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 626th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1626, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
1621 (MDCXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1621st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 621st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1621, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1626.
John Aubrey was an English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer. He is perhaps best known as the author of the Brief Lives, his collection of short biographical pieces. He was a pioneer archaeologist, who recorded numerous megalithic and other field monuments in southern England, and who is particularly noted for his systematic examination of the Avebury henge monument. The Aubrey holes at Stonehenge are named after him, although there is considerable doubt as to whether the holes that he observed are those that currently bear the name. He was also a pioneer folklorist, collecting together a miscellany of material on customs, traditions and beliefs under the title "Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme". He set out to compile county histories of both Wiltshire and Surrey, although both projects remained unfinished. His "Interpretation of Villare Anglicanum" was the first attempt to compile a full-length study of English place-names. He had wider interests in applied mathematics and astronomy, and was friendly with many of the greatest scientists of the day.
The following entries cover events related to the study of archaeology which occurred in the listed year.
The decade of the 1630s in archaeology involved some significant events.
The decade of the 1620s in archaeology involved some significant events.
The decade of the 1760s in archaeology involved some significant events.
The decade of the 1770s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Giovanni Giustino Ciampini was an ecclesiastical archaeologist.
Sir William Ashhurst was an English banker, merchant and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1689 to 1710. He also served as the Lord Mayor of London in 1693.
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- ↑ "Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières, count de Caylus". britannica.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ↑ "Drake, Francis (1696-1771) Antiquary". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "Earth Mysteries: John Aubrey (1626-1697)". www.britannia.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ↑ "Ciampini, Giovanni Giustino 1633-1698". worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 June 2017.