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| 1633 |
| | | George Herbert's only volume of poems, The Temple, is published posthumously | |
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| 1634 |
| | | A Passion play is performed for the first time at Oberammergau, in the spirit of the Counter-Reformation | |
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| 1634 |
| | | Charles I demands ship money to increase his revenue, albeit in the absence of its conventional justification - a crisis of national defence | |
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| 1634 |
| | | Francesco Borromini begins work on his intricate baroque masterpiece, the Monastery of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1634-43), in Rome | |
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| 1634 |
| | | Rembrandt marries Saskia van Uylenburgh, who will feature in many of his paintings | |
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| 1635 |
| | | Charles I establishes Britain's Royal Mail, employing Thomas Witherings to set it up | |
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| 1636 |
| | | North America's first university is founded at Cambridge in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and soon receives a large bequest from John Harvard | |
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| 1636 |
| | | Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams as a colony based on the principle of religious tolerance | |
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| 1636 |
| | | A painted ceiling by Rubens, celebrating the Stuart dynasty, is installed in the Banqueting House in Whitehall | |
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| 1636 |
| | | John Hampden refuses to pay ship money to Charles I, beginning a campaign that gradually wins wide support | |
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