1628

Events in 1628 3

• 1628 Harvey — blood circulation De Motu Cordis: the heart pumps blood around the body In 1628, William Harvey published Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus (On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals), demonstrating through meticulous experiment that blood circulates continuously around the body driven by the pumping heart. He overturned Galen's 1,400-year-old theory that blood was produced in the liver and consumed by organs. Harvey's work marked the beginning of modern physiology and the use of quantitative experiment in medicine.
• 1628 – 1658 Shah Jahan The emperor who built the Taj Mahal Shah Jahan presided over the golden age of Mughal architecture. In memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal he built the Taj Mahal at Agra — the supreme masterpiece of Indo-Islamic art — along with the Red Fort and the Jama Masjid. He was deposed and imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb.
• 1628 Sinking of the Vasa Naval Disaster The pride of the Swedish navy capsized and sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor due to faulty construction.