Date | Event |
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Mar 2 |
English King Charles I dissolves Parliament against opposition, imprisoning 9 members of parliament |
Mar 10 |
King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he recalled it 11 years later |
Mar 24 |
1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia |
Apr 14 |
England & France sign Peace of Susa |
Apr 17 |
1st commercial fishery established |
May 3 |
French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain |
May 22 |
Emperor Ferdinand II & Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck |
Jun 18 |
Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn beat the Dunkirkers, commerce raiders in the service of the Spanish Monarchy |
Jun 28 |
Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited |
Jul 10 |
1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in US founded (Salem, MA) |
Aug 26 |
Cambridge Agreement, Massachusetts Bay Company stockholders agree to emigrate |
Sep 14 |
Spanish garrison surrenders to prince Frederik Henry |
Sep 24 |
Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies |
Sep 26 |
Sweden & Poland signs Peace of Altmark |
Oct 13 |
Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies |
Oct 30 |
King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath |
Nov 3 |
Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague |
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