1637
| Years: 1634 1635 1636 - 1637 - 1638 1639 1640 | |
| Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1637 in topic: | |
Events
- February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order
- February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor
- December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan
- Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermat's last theorem.
- France places a few missionaries in the Côte d'Ivoire, a country it would come to rule more than 200 years later.
- England wages war against the Mashantucket Pequots
- First opera house, Teatro San Cassiona, opens in Venice
- René Descartes - Discours de la Methode
Births
- January 1 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
- February 12 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (d. 1680)
- December 7 - Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer (d. 1710)
- Dietrich Buxtehude, German composer (d. 1707)
- Pierre Jurieu, French protestant leader (d. 1713)
Deaths
- February 15 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
- April 1 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyo and retainer (b. 1571)
- August 6 - Ben Jonson, English writer (b. 1572)
- Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (b. 1592)