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Historical Event(s)
– Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
– Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony.
– Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, “Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset.”
– The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
– The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain.
– The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
– The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands.
– Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
Who Were Born On ?
– Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)
– Rebecca Nurse, English colonist executed during Salem witch trials (d. 1692)
– Andrew Marvell, English poet (d. 1678)
– William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)
– Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679)
– Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician (d. 1683)
– Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)
– Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)
– Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)
– Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)