Notable Historical Events - 1621
1621 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 13 |
Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) |
Feb 9 |
Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623) |
Feb 17 |
Myles Standish is elected as the first commander of the Plymouth Colony |
Mar 4 |
Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia |
Mar 7 |
John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies |
Mar 16 |
Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass |
Mar 22 |
Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Neth |
Apr 5 |
Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England |
Apr 9 |
Spain & Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends |
Apr 15 |
Hugo the Great arrives in France |
May 3 |
Francis Bacon accused of bribery |
May 24 |
The Protestant Union is formally dissolved. |
May 31 |
Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night |
Jun 3 |
Dutch West India Company (WIC) receives charter for The West Indies (included, The Americas, Caribbean and West Africa) |
Jun 25 |
French government army occupies Fort St Jean d'Angély at La Rochelle |
Jul 6 |
Dutch gov-gen John Pieterszoon Coen takes Banda-islands, 15,000 die |
Sep 15 |
Swedish troops occupy Riga |
Sep 21 |
King James I of England gives Sir Alexander Sterling royal charter for colonisation of Nova Scotia |
Sep 28 |
Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks |
Oct 9 |
Turkey & Poland signs Peace of Chotin |
Oct 25 |
Gov Bradford of colony of American Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day |
Nov 19 |
Rabbi Isaiah b Abraham aha-Levi Horowitz arrives in Israel |
Dec 13 |
Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree |
Dec 18 |
English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation |
Dec 25 |
Gov William Bradford of Plymouth Colony (now in Massachusetts) forbids game playing on Christmas |
Dec 30 |
English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament |
Dec 31 |
Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov |
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