1637
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| 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 literature 1637 in science | |
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
- February 12 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (d. 1680)
- December 7 - Bernardo Pasquini, composer (d. 1710)
- Ottoman sultan Ahmed III
- Emperor Go-Sai of Japan
Deaths
- April 1 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyo and retainer
- August 6 - Ben Jonson, English writer
- Nicholas Ferrar involved in the London Virginia Company
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