1621 Events January–June February 9 - Papal Conclave of 1621: Pope Gregory XV succeeds Pope Paul V , as the 234th pope . February 17 - Myles Standish is appointed as the first commander of Plymouth Colony . March 16 - Samoset , a Mohegan , visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them: "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset." March 22 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. March 31 - King Philip IV of Spain begins his 44-year rule. April - The Twelve Years' Truce between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire expires, and both sides prepare to resume the Eighty Years' War . April 1 - The Plymouth, Massachusetts colonists create the first treaty with native Americans. April 5 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, on a return trip to England. May 2 - The Panama earthquake affects the Isthmus of Panama , with an estimated magnitude of 6.9, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII. May 24 - The Protestant Union is formally dissolved. June 3 - The Dutch West India Company is founded. June 21 - Thirty Years' War: Twenty-seven Czech lords are executed on the Old Town Square in Prague , as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain . June 24 - Huguenot rebellions: Saint-Jean-d'Angély is taken, after a 26-day siege by Royal forces.July–December July 25 - Thirty Years' War - Battle of Neu Titschein: Remnants of the Bohemian army temporarily hold off the Imperial advance in Silesia . August - Huguenot rebellions: Louis XIII of France besieges the Huguenot city of Montauban in the Siege of Montauban , but is forced to abandon his siege two months later. September-October - Battle of Khotyn: Polish troops hold off a large Ottoman army for over a month. October - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and Wampanoags celebrate a harvest feast, later regarded as the First Thanksgiving , noted for peaceful co-existence . October 9 - The Treaty of Khotyn is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , ending the First Polish-Ottoman War . November 11 - The ship Fortune arrives at Plymouth Colony, with 35 more settlers. December - The Dutch mathematician and astronomer, Willebrord Snel van Royen , reveals he has rediscovered the law of refraction , also known as Snellius' law . December 31 - Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Nikolsburg is signed between Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor and Gabor Bethlen , Prince of Transylvania. Bethlen agrees to renounce his claims to Hungary. In return Bethlen receives several counties and lands along the eastern border of the Holy Roman Empire, and Moravia is granted religious freedom.Date unknown The Venezuelan city of Petare is founded by Spanish conquistadors, as San Jose de Guanarito . The Swedish city of Gothenburg is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden . The king also grants city rights to Luleå , Piteå and Torneå. Riga falls under the rule of Sweden . Tamblot starts the Tamblot Uprising , in the Philippines . The Dutch East India Company sends 2,000 soldiers, under the command of Jan Pieterszoon Coen , to the Banda Islands , in order to force the local inhabitants to accept the Dutch trade monopoly on the lucrative nutmeg , grown almost exclusively on those islands. The soldiers proceed to massacre most of the 15,000 indigenous inhabitants. Births January–March January 16 - Magnus Celsius , Swedish astronomer and mathematician January 27 - Thomas Willis , English doctor who played an important part in the history of anatomy January 30 - George II Rákóczi , Hungarian nobleman February 2 - Johannes Schefferus , Alsatian-born humanist February 4 - Frederick, Burgrave of Dohna , Dutch officer, and governor of Orange February 14 - Sibylla Schwarz , German poet February 20 - Erzsébet Thurzó , Hungarian noblewoman February 21 - Rebecca Nurse , Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch February - Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis , Postmaster General of the Holy Roman Empire March 1 - John Alleyn , Cornish barrister March 2 - Louis Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Ebeleben March 9 - Egbert van der Poel , Dutch painter March 16 - Georg Neumark , German poet and composer of hymns March 24 - John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst March 26 Jacob van der Ulft , Dutch painter March 27 - Margrave Charles Magnus of Baden-Durlach March 28 - Heinrich Schwemmer , German music teacher and composer March 31 - Andrew Marvell , English metaphysical poet and politicianApril–June April 1 - Guru Tegh Bahadur , 9th Sikh Guru April 7 - Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken April 17 * Henry Vaughan , Welsh author * Thomas Vaughan , Welsh philosopher April 23 * Georg Arnold , Austrian musician * William Penn , English admiral and politician April 25 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery , Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman and dramatist May 25 - David Beck , Dutch portrait painter June 2 * Rutger von Ascheberg , Courland-born soldier in Swedish service * Jørgen Bjelke , Norwegian officer and nobleman * Isaac van Ostade , Dutch painter June 6 - Petar Zrinski , Croatian viceroy June 16 - Edward Proger , Member of Parliament for Brecknockshire June 29 - Willem van der Zaan , Dutch admiralJuly–September July 1 - Cornelis de Man , Dutch painter July 8 * Jean de La Fontaine , French writer * Leonora Christina Ulfeldt , Danish countess July 22 * Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury , English politician * Thomas Hanford , New England settler, Puritan minister * Kinoshita Jun'an , Japanese philosopher and Confucian scholar July 24 - Jan Andrzej Morsztyn , Polish poet August 12 - Albert d'Orville , Jesuit priest and missionary, cartographer August 13 * Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet , English politician * Israel Silvestre , French topographical etcher August 19 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout , Dutch painter August 22 - Adriaen van Gaesbeeck , Dutch painter of genre subjects and portraits August 28 - Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet , English Member of Parliament September 8 - Louis, Grand Condé , French general September 9 - Henry X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein , Rector of the University of LeipzigOctober–December October 3 * Claude Maltret , French Jesuit * Friedrich Werner , German musician October 8 - Maximilian Henry of Bavaria , Roman Catholic bishop October 18 - Michael Angelo Immenraet , Flemish painter October 20 - Şehzade Ömer , Ottoman prince October 21 * Nicholas Barré , French Minim friar, priest and founder * Richard Standish , English politician October 23 - Lord John Stewart , Scottish aristocrat, Royalist commander in the English Civil War October 24 - Serafina of God , founder of seven Carmelite monasteries of nuns in southern Italy November 11 - Israel Tonge , English churchman and anti-Catholic conspirator November 15 * Cornelis Geelvinck , Dutch mayor * Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough , English diplomat December 3 - Bohuslav Balbín , Czech writer and Jesuit December 10 - Christian Albert, Burgrave and Count of Dohna , German nobleman and general in the army of Brandenburg December 12 - Gerard Pietersz Hulft , Dutch general December 23 * Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham , English politician * Edmund Berry Godfrey , English magistrate whose mysterious death caused anti-Catholic uproar in EnglandApproximate date Richard Allestree , English churchman and provost of Eton CollegeDeaths January–March January 15 - Christopher Pickering , British politician January 28 - Pope Paul V January 29 - Francis Taylor , Mayor of Dublin, Ireland February 10 - Pietro Aldobrandini , Italian cardinal, patron of the arts February 15 - Michael Praetorius , German composer February 16 - Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet , English Member of Parliament February 28 - Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany March 4 - Ana de Jesús , Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun, spiritual writer and Servant of God March 8 - Enevold Kruse , Danish noble March 27 - Benedetto Giustiniani , Italian Catholic cardinal March 28 - Ottavio Rinuccini , Italian composer March 31 - King Philip III of Spain ,April–June April 1 - Cristofano Allori , Italian painter April 6 * Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria * Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford April 18 - Bridget Chaworth , English noble April 21 - Anne of Ostfriesland , German noblewoman April - John Carver , first governor of Plymouth Colony May 3 - Elizabeth Bacon , English Tudor gentlewoman May 11 - Johann Arndt , German theologian May 15 - Hendrick de Keyser , Dutch architect and sculptor June 2 * Dorothea of Lorraine * Eilhard Lubinus , German theologian June 8 - Anne de Xainctonge , French Roman Catholic nun June 21 * Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic , Bohemian composer, soldier and author * Maxmilián Hošťálek , Czech noble and politician * Joachim Andreas von Schlick , Czech leader * Jan Jesenius , Slovak physician June 23 - Zsigmond Forgách , Hungarian noble and soldier June 26 - Christence Kruckow , Danish nobleJuly–September July 2 - Thomas Harriot , English astronomer and mathematician July 4 - Jean de Bonsi , Catholic cardinal July 10 - Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy , soldier in Habsburg service July 13 - Albert VII, Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and July 19 - Don Giovanni de' Medici , Italian military commander and diplomat July 30 - Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst August 3 * Guillaume du Vair , French author and lawyer * Anna Juliana Gonzaga , Archduchess of Austria and nun August 7 - Count Jobst of Limburg August 13 - John Berchmans , Belgian Jesuit scholastic and saint August 15 - John Barclay , Scottish writer August 23 - Antonio il Verso , Italian composer August 30 - Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī , one of the main co-founders of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy September 7 - Peter Warburton , English Justice of the Common Plea September 17 - Robert Bellarmine , Italian Roman Catholic bishop, saint, proponent of futurism September 20 - Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne , French noble September 24 - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz , Polish military commander September 25 - Mary Sidney , English writer, patroness and translatorOctober–December October 8 - Antoine de Montchrestien , French dramatist and economist October 11 - Andrzej Sapieha , Polish nobleman October 16 - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck , Dutch composer October 19 - Imre Thurzó , Hungarian noble October 21 - Paul Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain , French politician November 26 - Ralph Agas , English surveyor December 4 - Andrew Willet , English theologian December 13 - Katarina Stenbock , queen of Gustav I of Sweden December 15 - Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes , Constable of France
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