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=== January–March ===
=== January–March ===
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Ben Jonson]]'s play ''News from the New World Discovered in the Moon'' is given its first performance, a presentation to King [[James I of England]]. In addition to dialogue about actual observations made by telescope of the Moon, the play includes a fanciful discussion of a lunar civilization a dance by the "Volatees", the lunar race. <ref>Julie Sanders, ''Ben Jonson's Theatrical Republics'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998)</ref>
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Ben Jonson]]'s play ''News from the New World Discovered in the Moon'' is given its first performance, a presentation to King [[James I of England]]. In addition to dialogue about actual observations made by telescope of the Moon, the play includes a fanciful discussion of a lunar civilization a dance by the "Volatees", the lunar race. <ref>Julie Sanders, ''Ben Jonson's Theatrical Republics'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998)</ref>
* [[January 22]] &ndash; In France, [[Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes]] and his wife, the Duchess [[Marie de Rohan]], sign a marriage contract on behalf of their one-year-old daughter to be engaged to the year-old son of [[Charles, Duke of Guise]]. <ref>Sharon Kettering, ''Power and Reputation at the Court of Louis XIII: The Career of Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578–1621)'' (Manchester University Press, 2008) pp.91-92</ref>
* [[January 22]] &ndash; In France, [[Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes]], and his wife, the Duchess [[Marie de Rohan]], sign a marriage contract on behalf of their one-year-old daughter to be engaged to the year-old son of [[Charles, Duke of Guise]]. <ref>Sharon Kettering, ''Power and Reputation at the Court of Louis XIII: The Career of Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578–1621)'' (Manchester University Press, 2008) pp. 91–92</ref>
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Karan Singh II]] becomes the new ruler of the Kingdom of [[Mewar]] (in the modern-day state of [[Rajasthan]] in [[India]]) upon the death of his father, the Maharana [[Amar Singh I]].
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Karan Singh II]] becomes the new ruler of the Kingdom of [[Mewar]] (in the modern-day state of [[Rajasthan]] in [[India]]) upon the death of his father, the Maharana [[Amar Singh I]].
* [[February 4]] &ndash; Prince [[Bethlen Gabor]] secures a peace treaty with [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]].
* [[February 4]] &ndash; Prince [[Bethlen Gabor]] secures a peace treaty with [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]].
* [[March 22]] &ndash; King [[Karma Phuntsok Namgyal]] of [[Tibet]] dies of smallpox after a reign of less than two years, after Ngawang Namgyal of Bhutan casts a tantric spell over him. <ref>Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, ''One Hundred Thousand Moons'' (Leiden 2010) p.333</ref>
* [[March 22]] &ndash; King [[Karma Phuntsok Namgyal]] of [[Tibet]] dies of smallpox after a reign of less than two years, after Ngawang Namgyal of Bhutan casts a tantric spell over him. <ref>Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, ''One Hundred Thousand Moons'' (Leiden 2010) p. 333</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; English sailor [[Owen Fitzpen]] is captured by Turkish pirates while on a trading voyage in the Mediterranean Sea and sold into slavery. He remains a slave in North Africa for seven years until he and 10 other slaves are able to take over a Turkish ship and sail back to Europe.
* [[March 24]] &ndash; English sailor [[Owen Fitzpen]] is captured by Turkish pirates while on a trading voyage in the Mediterranean Sea and sold into slavery. He remains a slave in North Africa for seven years until he and 10 other slaves are able to take over a Turkish ship and sail back to Europe.


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* [[September 7]] (August 28 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]])
* [[September 7]] (August 28 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]])
** ''Mayflower'' and ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' return again to England, anchoring at [[Plymouth]]; the latter ship is given up as a participant in the voyage and on September 12 (September 2 OS) departs for London, most of her passengers and stores having been transferred to the ''Mayflower''.<ref name=Ames/>
** ''Mayflower'' and ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' return again to England, anchoring at [[Plymouth]]; the latter ship is given up as a participant in the voyage and on September 12 (September 2 OS) departs for London, most of her passengers and stores having been transferred to the ''Mayflower''.<ref name=Ames/>
** The Finnish town of [[Kokkola]] ({{lang-sv|Karleby}}) is founded by King [[Gustavus Adolphus|Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]].<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10956854 YLE: Kokkolan perustajasta puuveistos Suntin varteen] (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://www.kokkola.fi/kokkolan-kaupunki/tietoa-kokkolasta/historia/ Historia - Kokkola] (in Finnish)</ref>
** The Finnish town of [[Kokkola]] ({{langx|sv|Karleby}}) is founded by King [[Gustavus Adolphus|Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]].<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10956854 YLE: Kokkolan perustajasta puuveistos Suntin varteen] (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://www.kokkola.fi/kokkolan-kaupunki/tietoa-kokkolasta/historia/ Historia - Kokkola] (in Finnish)</ref>
* [[September 16]] (September 6 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; ''[[Mayflower]]'' departs from [[Plymouth]] in [[Kingdom of England|England]] on her third attempt to cross the Atlantic.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}}</ref> The [[Pilgrim (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] on board comprise 41 "saints" (English separatists largely from Holland), 40 "strangers" (largely secular planters from London), 23 servants and hired workers, together with c. 30 crew.
* [[September 16]] (September 6 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; ''[[Mayflower]]'' departs from [[Plymouth]] in [[Kingdom of England|England]] on her third attempt to cross the Atlantic.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}}</ref> The [[Pilgrim (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] on board comprise 41 "saints" (English separatists largely from Holland), 40 "strangers" (largely secular planters from London), 23 servants and hired workers, together with c. 30 crew.
* [[September 17]]&ndash;[[October 7]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cecora (1620)|Battle of Cecora]]: The [[Ottoman Empire]] defeats [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]–[[Moldavia]]n troops.
* [[September 17]]&ndash;[[October 7]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cecora (1620)|Battle of Cecora]]: The [[Ottoman Empire]] defeats [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]–[[Moldavia]]n troops.
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* [[November 21]] (November 11 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The ''[[Mayflower]]'' arrives inside the tip of [[Cape Cod]] (named from the ''Concord'' voyage of [[1602]]), at what becomes known as [[Provincetown Harbor]], with the [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrim]]s and [[Ancient planter|Planters]]; 41 [[Plymouth Colony]] [[List of Mayflower passengers|settlers]] sign the [[Mayflower Compact]], the first governing document of the colony, on board the ship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualjamestown.org/Timelines/Barbour%20Vol%201%201602-1620.html|title=Chronology of Early New England, 1602–1620|publisher=Virtual Jamestown|language=English|accessdate=26 December 2022}}</ref>
* [[November 21]] (November 11 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The ''[[Mayflower]]'' arrives inside the tip of [[Cape Cod]] (named from the ''Concord'' voyage of [[1602]]), at what becomes known as [[Provincetown Harbor]], with the [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrim]]s and [[Ancient planter|Planters]]; 41 [[Plymouth Colony]] [[List of Mayflower passengers|settlers]] sign the [[Mayflower Compact]], the first governing document of the colony, on board the ship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualjamestown.org/Timelines/Barbour%20Vol%201%201602-1620.html|title=Chronology of Early New England, 1602–1620|publisher=Virtual Jamestown|language=English|accessdate=26 December 2022}}</ref>
* [[November 25]] &ndash; The [[wedding of Gustav II Adolf and Maria Eleonora]] takes place in Sweden.
* [[November 25]] &ndash; The [[wedding of Gustav II Adolf and Maria Eleonora]] takes place in Sweden.
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Plymouth Colony]]: [[William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)|William Bradford]] and the ''[[Mayflower]]'' [[Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrims]] land on what becomes known as [[Plymouth Rock]], in [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]].
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Plymouth Colony]]: [[William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)|William Bradford]] and the ''[[Mayflower]]'' [[Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrims]] land near what becomes known as [[Plymouth Rock]], in [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]].


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* "A Dutch Ship, putting in this Year [of 1620, before June], sold 20 Negroes to the Colony [as [[slaves]]], which were the first of that Generation, that were ever brought to [[Virginia]]."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stith |first1=William |title=The History of Virginia |date=1747 |publisher=Reprint Company |location=Virginia |page=Book 4, Page 182 |isbn=9780871520265 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aB4SAAAAYAAJ |access-date=2022-09-10}}</ref>
* "A Dutch Ship, putting in this Year [of 1620, before June], sold 20 Negroes to the Colony [as [[slaves]]], which were the first of that Generation, that were ever brought to [[Virginia]]."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stith |first1=William |title=The History of Virginia |date=1747 |publisher=Reprint Company |location=Virginia |page=Book 4, Page 182 |isbn=9780871520265 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aB4SAAAAYAAJ |access-date=2022-09-10}}</ref>
* A severe frost in England freezes the River [[Thames]]; 13 continuous days of snow blanket Scotland. On [[Eskdale (Scotland)|Eskdale Moor]], only 35 of a flock of 20,000 sheep survive.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J. M.|publisher=John Baker|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}</ref>
* A severe frost in England freezes the River [[Thames]]; 13 continuous days of snow blanket Scotland. On [[Eskdale (Scotland)|Eskdale Moor]], only 35 of a flock of 20,000 sheep survive.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J. M.|publisher=John Baker|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}</ref>
* [[Witch-hunt]]s begin in Scotland.
* [[Witch-hunt]]s begin in Scotland.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
* [[History of submarines]]: [[Cornelis Drebbel]] demonstrates the first navigable [[submarine|undersea boat]] in the [[Thames]] in England.<ref>{{cite book |author=Davis, RH |title=Deep Diving and Submarine Operations |year=1955 |edition=6th |publisher=[[Siebe Gorman|Siebe Gorman & Company Ltd]] |location=Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey |page=693 |author-link=Robert Davis (inventor) }}</ref><ref name=acott>{{cite journal |last=Acott |first=C. |title=A brief history of diving and decompression illness. |journal=South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal |volume=29 |issue=2 |year=1999 |issn=0813-1988 |oclc=16986801 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/6004 |access-date=2009-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905152645/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/6004 |archive-date=2011-09-05 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
* [[History of submarines]]: [[Cornelis Drebbel]] demonstrates the first navigable [[submarine|undersea boat]] in the [[Thames]] in England.
* The modern [[violin]] is developed.
* The modern [[violin]] is developed.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
* [[Juan Pablo Bonet]], teacher of deaf children in the Spanish court, creates a sign alphabet.
* [[Juan Pablo Bonet]], teacher of deaf children in the Spanish court, creates a sign alphabet.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Plann |first1=Susan |title=A Silent Minority: Deaf Education in Spain, 1550-1835 |date=1997 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |url=http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft338nb1x6/}}</ref>
* [[Francis Bacon]] publishes the ''[[Novum Organum]]'' (beyond [[Aristotle]]'s ''[[Organon]]'') on logical thinking.
* [[Francis Bacon]] publishes the ''[[Novum Organum]]'' (beyond [[Aristotle]]'s ''[[Organon]]'') on logical thinking.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
* ''[[A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies]]'' by [[Bartolomé de las Casas]] and ''Origin and progress of the disturbances in the Netherlands'' by [[Johannes Gysius]] are re-published in the Netherlands.<ref name="WDL515">{{cite web|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/515/|title=Mirror of the Cruel and Horrible Spanish Tyranny Perpetrated in the Netherlands, by the Tyrant, the Duke of Alba, and Other Commanders of King Philip II|website=World Digital Library|date=1620|access-date=2013-08-25}}</ref>
* ''[[A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies]]'' by [[Bartolomé de las Casas]] and ''Origin and progress of the disturbances in the Netherlands'' by [[Johannes Gysius]] are re-published in the Netherlands.<ref name="WDL515">{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2006584207/|title=Mirror of the Cruel and Horrible Spanish Tyranny Perpetrated in the Netherlands, by the Tyrant, the Duke of Alba, and Other Commanders of King Philip II|website=World Digital Library|date=1620|access-date=2024-09-23}}</ref>
* Shōgun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] restores [[Osaka Castle]] in Japan. Its modern-day appearance dates from this remodeling.
* Shōgun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] begins restoring [[Osaka Castle]] in Japan. Its modern-day appearance dates from this remodeling.<ref name=archaeology>{{cite web|url=https://archaeology.jp/sites/2011/ishikiri.htm|title=Osaka Castle Wall Stone Quarry}}</ref>


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This article is about the year 1620. For the computer, see IBM 1620.
Millennium: 2nd millennium
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October 7: Polish Hetman Żółkiewski killed at Battle of Cecora.
1620 by topic
Arts and science
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Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
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1620 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1620
MDCXX
Ab urbe condita2373
Armenian calendar1069
ԹՎ ՌԿԹ
Assyrian calendar6370
Balinese saka calendar1541–1542
Bengali calendar1026–1027
Berber calendar2570
English Regnal year17 Ja. 1 – 18 Ja. 1
Buddhist calendar2164
Burmese calendar982
Byzantine calendar7128–7129
Chinese calendar己未年 (Earth Goat)
4317 or 4110
    — to —
庚申年 (Metal Monkey)
4318 or 4111
Coptic calendar1336–1337
Discordian calendar2786
Ethiopian calendar1612–1613
Hebrew calendar5380–5381
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1676–1677
 - Shaka Samvat1541–1542
 - Kali Yuga4720–4721
Holocene calendar11620
Igbo calendar620–621
Iranian calendar998–999
Islamic calendar1029–1030
Japanese calendarGenna 6
(元和６年)
Javanese calendar1540–1542
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar3953
Minguo calendar292 before ROC
民前292年
Nanakshahi calendar152
Thai solar calendar2162–2163
Tibetan calendar阴土羊年
(female Earth-Goat)
1746 or 1365 or 593
    — to —
阳金猴年
(male Iron-Monkey)
1747 or 1366 or 594

1620 (MDCXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1620th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 620th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1620, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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November 8: The Battle of White Mountain.
November 21: The Mayflower arrives at Cape Cod.

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Ongoing

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Births

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Aelbert Cuyp
Winston Churchill
John Evelyn

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Deaths

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Amar Singh I
William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
Wanli Emperor
Louise de Coligny

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July–September

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October–December

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References

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  1. ^ Julie Sanders, Ben Jonson's Theatrical Republics (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998)
  2. ^ Sharon Kettering, Power and Reputation at the Court of Louis XIII: The Career of Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578–1621) (Manchester University Press, 2008) pp. 91–92
  3. ^ Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, One Hundred Thousand Moons (Leiden 2010) p. 333
  4. ^ Worden, Nigel; Van Heyningen, Elizabeth; Bickford-Smith, Vivian (1998). Cape Town – the Making of a City: an Illustrated Social History. Uitgeverij Verloren. ISBN 9065501614. Retrieved November 22, 2007.
  5. ^ a b c d e Ames, Azel (1901). The May-Flower and Her Log. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  6. ^ National History of France. AMS Press. 1967. p. 22.
  7. ^ YLE: Kokkolan perustajasta puuveistos Suntin varteen (in Finnish)
  8. ^ Historia - Kokkola (in Finnish)
  9. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  10. ^ Pierre Crabitès (1936). Beneš, Statesman of Central Europe. Coward-McCann, Incorporated. p. 7.
  11. ^ "Chronology of Early New England, 1602–1620". Virtual Jamestown. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  12. ^ Stith, William (1747). The History of Virginia. Virginia: Reprint Company. p. Book 4, Page 182. ISBN 9780871520265. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  13. ^ Stratton, J. M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
  14. ^ Davis, RH (1955). Deep Diving and Submarine Operations (6th ed.). Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey: Siebe Gorman & Company Ltd. p. 693.
  15. ^ Acott, C. (1999). "A brief history of diving and decompression illness". South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal. 29 (2). ISSN 0813-1988. OCLC 16986801. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
  16. ^ Plann, Susan (1997). A Silent Minority: Deaf Education in Spain, 1550-1835. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  17. ^ "Mirror of the Cruel and Horrible Spanish Tyranny Perpetrated in the Netherlands, by the Tyrant, the Duke of Alba, and Other Commanders of King Philip II". World Digital Library. 1620. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  18. ^ "Osaka Castle Wall Stone Quarry".
  19. ^ Hugh Chisholm; James Louis Garvin (1926). The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature & General Information. Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Limited. p. 216.
  20. ^ Beatrice Saunders (1959). Portraits of Genius. J. Murray. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-7195-1215-5.
  21. ^ The Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Incorporated. 2002. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-7172-0135-8.
  22. ^ Pavel, Lilia Zabolotnaia (2012). "The Story of the Courtship of Catherine 'the Circassian', the Second Wife of the Prince Vasile Lupu" (PDF). Codrul Cosminului. 18 (1): 43–50. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  23. ^ "Thomas Campion | English poet and musician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  24. ^ William Corr (1995). Adams the Pilot: The Life and Times of Captain William Adams, 1564-1620. Routledge. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-873410-44-8.
  25. ^ Inachim, Kyra (2008). "Herrschaft der letzten Greifengeneration". Die Geschichte Pommerns (in German). Rostock: Hinstorff. ISBN 978-3-356-01044-2.
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