1629 (MDCXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1629th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 629th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1629, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s – 1620s – 1630s 1640s 1650s |
| Years: | 1626 1627 1628 – 1629 – 1630 1631 1632 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1629 MDCXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2382 |
| Armenian calendar | 1078 ԹՎ ՌՀԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6379 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1550–1551 |
| Bengali calendar | 1036 |
| Berber calendar | 2579 |
| English Regnal year | 4 Cha. 1 – 5 Cha. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2173 |
| Burmese calendar | 991 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7137–7138 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4325 or 4265 — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 4326 or 4266 |
| Coptic calendar | 1345–1346 |
| Discordian calendar | 2795 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1621–1622 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5389–5390 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1685–1686 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1550–1551 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4729–4730 |
| Holocene calendar | 11629 |
| Igbo calendar | 629–630 |
| Iranian calendar | 1007–1008 |
| Islamic calendar | 1038–1039 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 6 (寛永６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1550–1551 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3962 |
| Minguo calendar | 283 before ROC 民前283年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 161 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2171–2172 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1755 or 1374 or 602 — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1756 or 1375 or 603 |
- February 11 – The Pilgrims leave England for North America to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- March 9 – Czar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)
- April 14 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist (d. 1695)
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