| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Feb 20 |
Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague for alleged crimes against the federal government |
Mar 12 |
Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia |
Apr 19 |
Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam |
May 18 |
Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison |
Jun 2 |
England & Netherlands sign treaty about business in the Indies |
Jun 10 |
Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt. |
Jun 24 |
Tsar Michail's father Filaret becomes patriarch of Moscow |
Jul 20 |
Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader |
Jul 30 |
House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective American governing body |
Aug 8 |
Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen |
Aug 20 |
1st known African Americans (appox. 20) land at Jamestown Virginia aboard Dutch vessel then sold or traded into servitude for supplies |
Aug 27 |
Monarch Frederik van Palts chosen king of Bohemia |
Aug 28 |
Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor |
Sep 15 |
Prince Bethlen Gabors troops occupy Pozsony (Pressburg) Hungary |
Sep 30 |
Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp |
Nov 4 |
Frederik V crowned king of Bohemia |
Nov 10 |
René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy. |
Dec 4 |
38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many as the first Thanksgiving in the Americas. |
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