Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s Years: 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 - 1627 - 1628 1629 1630 1631 1632 Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. The aurochs are hunted to extinction, the last being killed by poachers in Poland. England places the first European settlers on Barbados. Births January 25 - Robert Boyle, chemist (+ 1691) John Ray, biologist Deaths \n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.