Events

• February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists.
• June 6 - Swedish warships depart from Stockholm to Germany.
• June 26 - July 6 - Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany to aid Protestants.
• July 6 - Success, last ship of the Winthrop Fleet, lands safely at Salem harbor, MBC.
• July 8 - The MBC celebrates its first Thanksgiving Day.
• September 17 - The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
• September 24 - First ship of de Sauce's emigrants arrive at Southampton Hundred on the James River (the colony will not prosper; believed to have dispersed later).
• November 10-11 – Day of Dupes – Marie de Medicis' unsuccessful attempt to oust Richelieu.
• Johann Heinrich Alsted's Encyclopaedia is published.
• The first account of the Childes Tomb story is published.
• Paramaribo, Suriname is first settled by the British.
• Puritan pamphleteer Dr. Alexander Leighton publishes "Zion's Plea Against Prelacy: An Appeal to Parliament", an attack on Anglican bishops, in London. He was sentenced by Archbishop William Laud's High Commission Court to public whipping, branding,and having his ears cut off.

February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... Popped kernels Popcorn or popping corn is a type of maize which puffs up when it is heated in oil or by dry heat. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ...   Stockholm? is the capital and the largest city in Sweden. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Gustav II Adolf (December 9, 1594 – November 6, 1632 O.S.), widely known by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus and in Protestant propaganda as the Lion of the North, was King of Sweden from 1611 until his death. ... Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pòmòrze and Pòmòrskô, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 was a fleet of eleven ships that carried 700 immigrants from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in April to July 1630. ... Seal of Salem, MA Salem is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ... The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called by the name Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it) was the direct predecessor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and then the state of Massachusetts. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in much of North America, generally observed as an expression of gratitude, usually to God. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe), Athens of America Location in Massachusetts Founded  -Incorporated September 17, 1630 1820, as a city  County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 232. ... State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Day of Dupes is the name given to the day in November of 1630 on which the enemies of Cardinal Richelieu believed that they had succeeded in persuading Louis XIII, King of France, to dismiss Richelieu from power. ... Marie de Medici (April 26, 1573 - July 3, 1642), born in Italy as Maria de Medici, was queen consort of France under the French name Marie de Médicis. ... For other uses of Richelieu, see Richelieu (disambiguation). ... Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588-1638) was a German Protestant divine. ... Childes Tomb is located on the south-east edge of Foxtor Mires, c. ... Colonial style houses, Waterkant, Paramaribo. ... William Laud (October 7, 1573–January 10, 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury and a fervent supporter of Charles I of England whom he encouraged to believe in the Divine Right of Kings. ...

Births

• January 11 - John Rogers, American President of Harvard (d. 1684)
• February 19 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
• April 28 - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
• May 29 - King Charles II of England Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1685)
• August 1 - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)
• October 14 - Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1714)
• October - John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1694)
• November 24 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
• November 27 - Sigismund Francis of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (d. 1665)

January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... John Rogers (1630-July 12, 1684) was an early American academic. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Shivaji Bhonsle, also known as Chhatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj (February 19, 1630 - April 3, 1680) was the founder of the Maratha empire in western India in 1674. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... Charles Cotton (April 28, 1630 - February, 1687) was an English poet, best-known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from the French. ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1 August 1630 - 17 October 1673), English statesman and politician, was created the first Baron Clifford of Chudleigh on April 22, 1672 for his suggestion that the King supply himself with money by stopping, for one year, all payments out of the Exchequer. ... Events The English Test Act was passed. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Electress Sophia of Hanover was born Sophia, Pfalzgräfin von Simmern, at The Hague on October 14, 1630, and died at Herrenhausen on June 8, 1714. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... John Tillotson (October 1630 - November 22, 1694) was an Archbishop of Canterbury (1691 - 1694). ... Arms of the Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior clergyman of the established Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Etienne Baluze (November 24, 1630 - July 28, 1718) was a French scholar. ... // Events July 21 - Treaty of Passarowitz signed November 22 - Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as Blackbeard) is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... Sigismund Francis of Austria (born November 27, 1630 in Innsbruck, died June 25, 1665 in Innsbruck) was the Regent of Tyrol from 1662 to 1665. ... Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War March 6 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society begins publication March 16 - Bucharest allows Jews to settle in the city in exchange of annual tax of 16 guilders June 3 - The Duke of York defeats the Dutch Fleet off the...

Deaths

• January 26 - Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
• February 12 - Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)
• February 26 - William Brade, English composer (b. 1560)
• April 29 - Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (b. 1552)
• September 17 - Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567)
• September 20 - Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586)
• September 25 - Ambrosio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases, Spanish general (b. 1569)
• November 15 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (b. 1571)
• November 19 - Johann Schein, German composer (b. 1586)