Events January–March January 17 – Led by the Duke of Soubise, the Huguenots launch a second rebellion against King Louis XIII, with a surprise naval assault on a French fleet being prepared in Blavet. February 3 – Francesca Caccini's opera La liberazione di Ruggiero has its premiere, stated in Florence in Italy. The opera will continue to be staged almost 400 years later, as late as the year 2018. February 6 – Bogislaw XIV becomes the final Duke of Pomerania, an office that becomes extinct after his death in 1637. February 8 – Hafız Ahmed Pasha is designated as the new grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Murad IV, 11 days after the death of Çerkes Mehmed Pasha. February 11 – Dutch–Portuguese War: One of the largest naval battles ever fought in the Persian Gulf takes place in the Straits of Hormuz as fleets of the Dutch East India Company and the English East India Company defend Persia against an attack by ships from the colony of Portuguese India. February – Huguenot forces under the Duke of Soubise capture the Island of Ré. March 21 – James Ussher is appointed Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) and Primate of All Ireland. March 28–April 24 – First Savoine War – Relief of Genoa: The Spanish fleet aids the Republic of Genoa, by overcoming the Franco-Savoyard occupation of the city of Genoa. March 25 – Battle of Martqopi: The Safavids are defeated in Georgia. March 27 – Charles Stuart (Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland) succeeds to the throne on the death of his father, King James VI and I. April–June April 4 – Frederick Henry of Nassau marries Amalia, Countess von Solms-Braunfels. April 7 – Albrecht von Wallenstein is appointed German supreme commander. April 23 – Stadtholder Maurice of Nassau of the Dutch Republic dies, and is succeeded by his younger brother, Frederick Henry. May 1 – A Portuguese-Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador, Bahia (Bahia) from the Dutch. May 15–16 – Rebellious farmers are hanged in Vocklamarkt, Upper Austria. June 2 – Prince Frederick Henry is sworn in as the stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland. June 5 – Eighty Years' War: Spanish troops under Ambrogio Spinola conquer Breda, after a yearlong siege. June 13 – King Charles I of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury. June 18 – The English Parliament refuses to