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[[File:Cecora 1620 111.JPG|thumb|300px|[[October 7]]: [[Battle of Ţuţora (1620)|Polish Hetman Żółkiewski killed at Battle of Cecora]].]]
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[[File:Schlacht am Weißen Berg C-K 063.jpg|thumb|[[November 8]]: The [[Battle of White Mountain]].]]
[[File:Schlacht am Weißen Berg C-K 063.jpg|thumb|[[November 8]]: The [[Battle of White Mountain]].]]
[[File:Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, by William Halsall.jpg|thumb| [[November 21]]: The [[Mayflower]] arrives at [[Cape Cod]].]]
[[File:Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, by William Halsall.jpg|thumb| [[November 21]]: The [[Mayflower]] arrives at [[Cape Cod]].]]
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=== January–June ===
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* [[February 4]] – Prince [[Bethlen Gabor]] signs a peace treaty with [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]].
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* [[May 17]] – The first [[merry-go-round]] is seen at a fair (Philippapolis, [[Turkey]]).
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* [[June 3]] – The oldest stone church in French North America, [[Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Quebec|Notre-Dame-des-Anges]], is begun at [[Quebec City]], Canada.


=== July–December ===
=== 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 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]].
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* [[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 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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=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]], Holy Roman Emperor and former King of Bohemia, sends a two-month ultimatum directing [[Frederick V of the Palatinate|King Frederick of Bohemia]] (who has usurped the throne in the modern-day Czech Republic) to leave [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]] by June 1. Frederick refuses to depart his capital at [[Prague]].
* [[April 7]] &ndash; The [[1620 Robben Island earthquake|earliest recorded earthquake in South Africa]] occurs at [[Robben Island]].
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Mian Shahul Mouhammed Kalhoro]] begins his reign at [[Karachi]] as the king of [[Sindh]], in modern-day [[Pakistan]], and rules until 1657.
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* [[May 17]] &ndash; The first [[merry-go-round]] is seen at a fair in Philippapolis, [[Turkey]].
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* [[June 3]] &ndash; The oldest stone church in French North America, [[Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Quebec|Notre-Dame-des-Anges]], is begun at [[Quebec City]] in modern-day Canada.

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 3]]
* [[July 3]]
** Under the terms of the [[Treaty of Ulm (1620)|Treaty of Ulm]], the Protestant Union declares neutrality and ceases to support [[Frederick V of Bohemia]].
** Under the terms of the [[Treaty of Ulm (1620)|Treaty of Ulm]], the Protestant Union declares neutrality and ceases to support [[Frederick V of Bohemia]].
** Captain [[Andrew Shilling]], on behalf of the English [[Honourable East India Company]], lays claim to [[Table Bay]] in [[Africa]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ntsyoxWIB44C&printsec=frontcover&dq=east+india+company+1620+table+mountain#PPA12,M1|title=Cape Town &ndash; the Making of a City: an Illustrated Social History|first=Nigel|last=Worden|author2=Van Heyningen, Elizabeth|author3=Bickford-Smith, Vivian|accessdate=2007-11-22}}</ref>
** Captain [[Andrew Shilling]], on behalf of the English [[Honourable East India Company]], lays claim to [[Table Bay]] in [[Africa]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ntsyoxWIB44C&q=east+india+company+1620+table+mountain|title=Cape Town &ndash; the Making of a City: an Illustrated Social History|first=Nigel|last=Worden|author2=Van Heyningen, Elizabeth|author3=Bickford-Smith, Vivian|year=1998|publisher=Uitgeverij Verloren |isbn=9065501614|access-date=2007-11-22}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] (July 15 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The armed merchant ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' embarks about 65 emigrants for New England at or near her home port of [[Rotherhithe]] on the Thames east of London; about July 29 (July 19 OS) she anchors in [[Southampton Water]].<ref name=Ames>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/mayflowerherlogj00ames|title=The ''May-Flower'' and Her Log|first=Azel|last=Ames|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|year=1901|accessdate=2019-06-30}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] (July 15 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The armed merchant ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' embarks about 65 emigrants for New England at or near her home port of [[Rotherhithe]] on the Thames east of London; about July 29 (July 19 OS) she anchors in [[Southampton Water]].<ref name=Ames>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/mayflowerherlogj00ames|title=The ''May-Flower'' and Her Log|first=Azel|last=Ames|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|year=1901|access-date=2019-06-30}}</ref>
* [[August 1]] (July 22 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The ship ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' departs [[Delfshaven]] with English separatist [[Puritans]] from [[Leiden]] bound to rendezvous with the ''[[Mayflower]]''; on August 5 (July 26 OS) she anchors in Southampton Water.<ref name=Ames/>
* [[August 1]] (July 22 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The ship ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' departs [[Delfshaven]] with English separatist [[Puritans]] from [[Leiden]] bound to rendezvous with the ''[[Mayflower]]''; on August 5 (July 26 OS) she anchors in Southampton Water.<ref name=Ames/>
* [[August 15]] (probable date; August 5 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; ''[[Mayflower]]'' and ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' depart together from Southampton,<ref name=Ames/> but are forced to put back into [[Dartmouth, Devon]], for repairs to a leak in the latter ship on August 22 or 23 (August 12 or 13 OS).
* [[August 15]] (probable date; August 5 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; ''[[Mayflower]]'' and ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' depart together from Southampton,<ref name=Ames/> but are forced to put back into [[Dartmouth, Devon]], for repairs to a leak in the latter ship on August 22 or 23 (August 12 or 13 OS).
* [[August 7]]
* [[August 7]]
** The mother of [[Johannes Kepler]] is arrested for [[witchcraft]].
** The mother of astronomer [[Johannes Kepler]] is arrested for [[witchcraft]].
** Battle of [[Les Ponts-de-Cé]], [[Poitou]]: French king [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] defeats his mother [[Marie de' Medici]].
** In a battle at [[Les Ponts-de-Cé]] in France, [[Louis XIII of France|King Louis XIII]] defeats troops led by his mother, [[Marie de' Medici]].<ref>{{cite book|title=National History of France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lm4TAQAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=AMS Press|page=22|language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 2]] (August 23 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; ''[[Mayflower]]'' and ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' depart together from Dartmouth; they are well out into the Atlantic when the ''Speedwell'' is again found to be leaking.<ref name=Ames/>
* [[September 2]] (August 23 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; ''[[Mayflower]]'' and ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' depart together from Dartmouth; they are well out into the Atlantic when the ''Speedwell'' is again found to be leaking.<ref name=Ames/>
* [[September 7]] (August 28 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; ''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 with most of her passengers and stores having been transferred to the ''Mayflower''.<ref name=Ames/>
* [[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/>
** 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]] onboard 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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* [[October 6]] &ndash; Battle of Amedamit in [[Gojjam]], [[Ethiopia]]: The [[Roman Catholicism in Ethiopia|Roman Catholic]] [[Ras (title)|Ras]] Sela Kristos, half-brother of Emperor [[Susenyos I|Susenyos]], crushes a group of rebels, who were opposed to Susenyos' pro-Catholic beliefs.
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* [[October 6]] &ndash; Battle of Amedamit in [[Gojjam]], [[Ethiopia]]: The [[Roman Catholicism in Ethiopia|Roman Catholic]] [[Ras (title)|Ras]] Sela Kristos, half-brother of Emperor [[Susenyos I|Susenyos]], crushes a group of rebels, who are opposed to Susenyos' pro-Catholic beliefs.
* [[November 3]] &ndash; The Great Patent is granted to [[Plymouth Colony]].
* [[November 3]] &ndash; The Great Patent is granted to [[Plymouth Colony]].
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Battle of White Mountain]] &ndash; Catholic forces are victorious in only two hours near [[Prague]].
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Battle of White Mountain]] &ndash; Catholic Habsburg forces are victorious over Bohemian rebels two hours from [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Pierre Crabitès|title=Beneš, Statesman of Central Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RLtnAAAAMAAJ|year=1936|publisher=Coward-McCann, Incorporated|page=7|language=en}}</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, onboard the ship.
* [[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.
* [[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 severe frost in England, freezes the River [[Thames]]; 13 continuous days of snow blanket Scotland. On [[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.
* [[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>
* 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]] is 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|accessdate=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]]. 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>


===Ongoing===
===Ongoing===
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[[File:GreenWriting1.jpg|110px|thumbnail|right|[[Winston Churchill (Cavalier)|Winston Churchill]]]]
[[File:GreenWriting1.jpg|110px|thumbnail|right|[[Winston Churchill (Cavalier)|Winston Churchill]]]]
[[File:JohnEvelyn1687.jpg|110px|thumbnail|right|[[John Evelyn]]]]
[[File:JohnEvelyn1687.jpg|110px|thumbnail|right|[[John Evelyn]]]]

=== January&ndash;March ===
=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]]
* [[January 1]]
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=== July&ndash;September ===
=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 20]]
* [[July 20]]
** [[Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder]], Dutch scholar (d. [[1681]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hugh Chisholm|author2=James Louis Garvin|title=The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature & General Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KIVGAQAAIAAJ|year=1926|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Limited|page=216|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder]], Dutch scholar (d. [[1681]])
** [[Camillo Massimo]], Italian cardinal, patron of the arts (d. [[1677]])
** [[Camillo Massimo]], Italian cardinal, patron of the arts (d. [[1677]])
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Jean Picard]], French astronomer and priest (d. [[1704]])
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Jean Picard]], French astronomer and priest (d. [[1682]])
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen]], Chilean politician (d. [[1682]])
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen]], Chilean politician (d. [[1682]])
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[William Hiseland]], English (later British) soldier, reputed supercentenarian (d. [[1732]])
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[William Hiseland]], English (later British) soldier, reputed supercentenarian (d. [[1732]])
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* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Aelbert Cuyp]], Dutch painter (d. [[1691]])
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Aelbert Cuyp]], Dutch painter (d. [[1691]])
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg]] (d. [[1689]])
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg]] (d. [[1689]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[John Evelyn]], English diarist and writer (d. [[1706]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[John Evelyn]], English diarist and writer (d. [[1706]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Beatrice Saunders|title=Portraits of Genius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmRKAAAAMAAJ|year=1959|publisher=J. Murray|isbn=978-0-7195-1215-5|page=27|language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 10]]
* [[November 10]]
** [[Ninon de l'Enclos]], French author (d. [[1705]])
** [[Ninon de l'Enclos]], French author (d. [[1705]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s4RUAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Grolier Incorporated|isbn=978-0-7172-0135-8|page=200|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Theodoor Boeyermans]], Flemish Baroque painter (d. [[1678]])
** [[Theodoor Boeyermans]], Flemish Baroque painter (d. [[1678]])
* {{circa}} [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Peregrine White]], first child born to English settlers at Plymouth Colony (d. [[1704]])
* {{circa}} [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Peregrine White]], first child born to English settlers at Plymouth Colony (d. [[1704]])
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* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Wepfer]], Swiss pathologist (d. [[1695]])
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Wepfer]], Swiss pathologist (d. [[1695]])


*''probable'' &ndash; [[Ecaterina Cercheza]], princess consort of [[Moldavia]] (d. [[1666]])<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pavel |first=Lilia Zabolotnaia |date=2012 |title=The Story of the Courtship of Catherine ‘the Circassian’, the Second Wife of the Prince Vasile Lupu |url=http://atlas.usv.ro/www/codru_net/CC18/1/lilia.pdf |journal=Codrul Cosminului |publisher= |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=43–50 |doi= |access-date=29 April 2015}}</ref>
*''probable'' &ndash; [[Ecaterina Cercheza]], princess consort of [[Moldavia]] (d. [[1666]])<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pavel |first=Lilia Zabolotnaia |date=2012 |title=The Story of the Courtship of Catherine 'the Circassian', the Second Wife of the Prince Vasile Lupu |url=http://atlas.usv.ro/www/codru_net/CC18/1/lilia.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://atlas.usv.ro/www/codru_net/CC18/1/lilia.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |journal=Codrul Cosminului |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=43–50 |access-date=29 April 2015}}</ref>


== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[John Croke]], English politician and judge (b. [[1553]])
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[John Croke]], English politician and judge (b. [[1553]])
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Amar Singh I]], ruler of Mewar (b. [[1559]])
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Amar Singh I]], ruler of Mewar (b. [[1559]])
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1582–1620)|Archduchess Eleanor of Austria]] (b. [[1582]])
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1582–1620)|Archduchess Eleanor of Austria]] (b. [[1582]])
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** [[Roemer Visscher]], Dutch writer (b. [[1547]])
** [[Roemer Visscher]], Dutch writer (b. [[1547]])
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Fuller (lawyer)|Nicholas Fuller]], English politician (b. [[1543]])
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Fuller (lawyer)|Nicholas Fuller]], English politician (b. [[1543]])
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Thomas Campion]], English poet and composer (b. [[1567]])
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Thomas Campion]], English poet and composer (b. [[1567]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Campion {{!}} English poet and musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Campion |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Francesco Sagredo]], Italian mathematician (b. [[1571]])
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Francesco Sagredo]], Italian mathematician (b. [[1571]])
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[John Sarkander|St. John Sarkander]], [[Moravia]]n priest (injuries caused by [[torture|torturing]]) (b. [[1576]])
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[John Sarkander|St. John Sarkander]], [[Moravia]]n priest (injuries caused by [[torture|torturing]]) (b. [[1576]])
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* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Hayyim ben Joseph Vital]], Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. [[1543]])
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Hayyim ben Joseph Vital]], Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. [[1543]])
* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[Rascas de Bagarris]], French scholar (b. [[1562]])
* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[Rascas de Bagarris]], French scholar (b. [[1562]])
* [[May 16]] &ndash; [[William Adams (sailor, born 1564)|William Adams]], English navigator and samurai (b. [[1564]])
* [[May 16]] &ndash; [[William Adams (sailor, born 1564)|William Adams]], English navigator and samurai (b. [[1564]])<ref>{{cite book|author=William Corr|title=Adams the Pilot: The Life and Times of Captain William Adams, 1564-1620|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZ9Kwt_N2ocC&pg=PA166|year=1995|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-873410-44-8|pages=166|language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Mathias Hovius]], Roman Catholic archbishop (b. [[1542]])
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Mathias Hovius]], Roman Catholic archbishop (b. [[1542]])
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Mikołaj Zebrzydowski]] (b. [[1553]])
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Mikołaj Zebrzydowski]] (b. [[1553]])
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* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Hirschbach]], German legal scholar (b. [[1570]])
* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Hirschbach]], German legal scholar (b. [[1570]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Taichang Emperor]], fourteenth emperor of the Ming dynasty of China (b. [[1582]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Taichang Emperor]], fourteenth emperor of the Ming dynasty of China (b. [[1582]])
* September &ndash; [[Sidonia von Borcke]], German noble and alleged witch (b. [[1548]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Inachim|first1=Kyra|authorlink=Kyra T. Inachin|title= Die Geschichte Pommerns |year=2008 |publisher=Hinstorff |location=Rostock |language=German |isbn=978-3-356-01044-2|chapter= Herrschaft der letzten Greifengeneration}}</ref>
* September &ndash; [[Sidonia von Borcke]], German noble and alleged witch (b. [[1548]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Inachim|first1=Kyra|author-link=Kyra T. Inachin|title= Die Geschichte Pommerns |year=2008 |publisher=Hinstorff |location=Rostock |language=de |isbn=978-3-356-01044-2|chapter= Herrschaft der letzten Greifengeneration}}</ref>


=== October&ndash;December ===
=== October&ndash;December ===
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=== Approximate date ===
=== Approximate date ===
* [[Brianda Pereira]], Azorean Portuguese heroine (b. [[1550]])
* [[Brianda Pereira]], Azorean Portuguese heroine (b. [[1550]])
* [[Isabella Parasole]], Italian engraver (b. ca. [[1570]])


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:1620|1620]]
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[[Category:Leap years in the Gregorian calendar]]
[[Category:Leap years in the Gregorian calendar]]

Latest revision as of 08:25, 17 November 2024

This article is about the year 1620. For the computer, see IBM 1620.
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
October 7: Polish Hetman Żółkiewski killed at Battle of Cecora.
1620 by topic
Arts and science
Leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works category
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.

Events

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

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Date unknown

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Ongoing

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Births

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Aelbert Cuyp
Winston Churchill
John Evelyn

January–March

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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

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Date unknown

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Approximate date

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References

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  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
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  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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