See also: 1636 in music, other events of 1637, 1638 in music, list of years in music. See also: 1635 in music, other events of 1636, 1637 in music, List of years in music. ... 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 Fermats last theorem. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

First public opera house opened, in Venice The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia) is the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ...

Classical music

Opera

1637 was the year that the first opera was shown in public. This happened during Carnival in Venice.

Births

• probable - Dieterich Buxtehude (died 1707)

The only surviving portrait of Buxtehude, from a 1674 painting by Johannes Voorhout. ... Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Acts of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ...

Deaths