Dutch Republic to settle in the newly-built Danish town of Lykstad, promising them the free exercise of their religion without persecution. The city remains part of Denmark until 1864 until it is captured in the Second Schleswig War and is now part of Germany as Glückstadt. November 30 – A fleet of 43 Dutch ships from Suriname attacks the Araya Peninsula in Venezuela in an attempt to halt construction of a Spanish fortress. The Spanish drive the Dutch away after six weeks of fighting, ending January 13, 1623. December 18 – Portuguese forces with Imbangala allies score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in modern-day Angola as part of the First Kongo-Portuguese War. December 22 – The Spanish colonial city of Bucaramanga is founded in the colony of Nueva Grandada in what is now Colombia. Date unknown Dutch ships under Jochem Swartenhont, while escorting a convoy, repel a Spanish squadron near Gibraltar. Portugal loses control of the island of Ormus, after 107 years. Albertus Magnus is beatified, and Teresa of Ávila is canonized, by the Roman Catholic Church. Rosicrucianism furor breaks out in Paris. War between the Netherlands and Spain recommences, after the Twelve Years' Truce (1609–1621). The Golden Horn freezes. First record of bottled spring water in England at Holy Well, Malvern. Births January–March January 1 – Isaac Sweers, Dutch admiral (d. 1673) January 3 – Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet, English Member of Parliament (d. 1703) January 11 – Louis, Duke of Joyeuse, younger son of Charles (d. 1654) January 13 – Thomas Dolman, English politician (d. 1697) January 15 – Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) January 16 – Anna Margareta von Haugwitz, Swedish countess (d. 1673) January 23 – Abraham Diepraam, Dutch painter (d. 1670) January 28 Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691) Richard Verney, 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke, English baron (d. 1711) February 7 – Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble (d. 1694) February 15 – Adam Pynacker, Dutch painter (d. 1673) February 21 – Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1666) February 24 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665) February 25 – Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1665) February 26 – Ludovico Maria Sinistrari, Italian Franciscan priest and author (d. 1701) February 27 – Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (d. 1654) March 4 – Thomas Fox, English lawyer and politician (d. 1666) March