Stephen Hopkins (b. about 1582 - 1644) was a tanner and merchant who was one of the passengers on the Mayflower in 1620, settling in Plymouth Colony. Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... The Mayflower was the ship which transported the Pilgrim Fathers from Plymouth, England to North Virginia (in what was later to become the United States of America) in 1620, leaving Plymouth on September 6 and dropping anchor near Cape Cod on November 11. ... Events September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. ... The Plymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 until 1691. ...

The name of his first wife, by whom he had two children, Constance and Giles, is unknown. By his second wife, Elizabeth Fisher, whom he married at St. Mary Matfellon, Whitechapel, London on 19 February 1617/8, he had seven children, Damaris, Oceanus, Caleb, Deborah, Damaris, Ruth, and Elizabeth. February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ...

In 1621 he was chosen as an emissary to Massasoit on behalf of the Pilgrims Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ... This 1902 photo shows Profile Rock in Assonet, Massachusetts. ... For albums named Pilgrim, see Pilgrim (album). ...

He served in the Pequot War of 1637. The Pequot War in 1637 saw the virtual elimination of the Pequot Indians as a tribe. ... Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ...