1621

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Year '1621' ('MDCXXI') was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

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Events of 1621

January - June

July - December

Undated

Births

Deaths

Events of 1621

January - June

★ February 9 - Pope Gregory XV succeeds Pope Paul V as the 234th pope

★ February 17 - Miles Standish is appointed as 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.

★ April 1 - The Plymouth, Massachusetts colonists created the first treaty with Native Americans.

★ April 5 - The ''Mayflower'' sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to England.

★ May 24 - Protestant Union was formally dissolved.

★ June 21 - An execution of 27 Czech lords on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the battle on the "White Mountain".

July - December

★ October - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and Wampanoags celebrate a harvest feast (3 days) later regarded as the "First Thanksgiving" noted for peaceful co-existence.

★ November 11 - The ship ''Fortune'' arrived at Plymouth Colony, with 35 more settlers.

Undated

★ The Venezuelan city of Petare is founded by Spanish conquistadors as San Jose de Guanarito

★ The Swedish city of Gothenburg is founded by Gustavus Adolphus.

★ Riga falls under rule of Sweden.

★ The Swedish king Gustav II Adolf grants city rights to Luleå, Piteå and Torneå (Tornio).

Births

★ January 27 - Thomas Willis, English physician who made important contributions to anatomy, particularly of the brain and nervous system (d. 1675)

★ February 2 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (d. 1679)

★ February 21 - Rebecca Nurse, accused witch (d. 1692)

★ March 31 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (d. 1678)

★ April 1 - Guru Teg Bahadur, 9th Sikh Guru (d. 1675)

★ April 25 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679)

★ July 6 - Jean de La Fontaine, French writer (d. 1695)

★ July 22 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, British politician (d. 1683)

★ August 19 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)

★ September 8 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)

★ December 23 - Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)

★ December 23 - Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)
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Deaths

★ January 28 - Pope Paul V (b. 1550)

★ February 15 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (born 1571)

★ February 28 - Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)

★ March 31 - King Philip III of Castile (Philip II of Portugal) (b. 1578)

★ April 1 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)

★ April 15 - John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony

★ May 15 - Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch architect and sculptor (b. 1565)

★ June 8 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567)

★ June 21 - Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic, Bohemian composer, soldier, and author (executed) (b. 1564)

★ July 2 - Thomas Harriot, English astronomer and mathematician (born c1560)

★ July 10 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571)

★ July 13 - Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (b. 1559)

★ August 3 - Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)

★ August 15 - John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)

★ September 17 - Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542)

★ September 24 - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)

★ September 25 - Mary Sidney, English writer, patroness and translator (b. 1561)

★ October 8 - Antoine de Montchrestien, French dramatist and economist (born c1575)

★ October 16 - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch commposer (b. 1562)

★ November 26 - Ralph Agas, English surveyor (born c1540)

★ December 13 - Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)

★ December 15 - Charles de Luynes, Constable of France (b. 1578)

★ ''date unknown'' - Dirk Hartog, Dutch explorer (b. 1580)
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