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1621
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s |
| Years: | 1618 1619 1620 - 1621 - 1622 1623 1624 |
| 1621 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
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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[edit] Events of 1621
[edit] January - June
- February 9 - Pope Gregory XV succeeds Pope Paul V as the 234th pope.
- February 17 - Miles Standish is appointed as the 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 create the first treaty with native Americans.
- April 5 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to England.
- May 24 - The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
- June 21 - Thirty Years' War: Twenty-seven Czech lords are executed on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
[edit] 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 arrives at Plymouth Colony, with 35 more settlers.
[edit] 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 the rule of Sweden.
- The Swedish king Gustav II Adolf grants city rights to Luleå, Piteå and Torneå (Tornio).
- The Dutch mathematician and astronomer, Willebrord Snel van Royen - Snellius (1580-1626), discovers the famous law of refraction, also known as "Snellius' law".
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1621 MDCXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2374 |
| Armenian calendar | 1070 ԹՎ ՌՀ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -223 – -222 |
| Berber calendar | 2571 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2165 |
| Burmese calendar | 983 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7129 – 7130 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年十二月初九日 (4257/4317-12-9) — to —
辛酉年十一月十九日(4258/4318-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | 1337 – 1338 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1613 – 1614 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5381 – 5382 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1676 – 1677 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1543 – 1544 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4722 – 4723 |
| Holocene calendar | 11621 |
| Iranian calendar | 999 – 1000 |
| Islamic calendar | 1030 – 1031 |
| Japanese calendar | Genna 7 (元和7年) |
| Korean calendar | 3954 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2164 |
- 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)
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
- February 15 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (b. 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 (b. c. 1560)
- 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 (b. c. 1575)
- October 16 - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer (b. 1562)
- November 26 - Ralph Agas, English surveyor (b. c. 1540)
- December 13 - Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
- December 15 - Charles de Luynes, Constable of France (b. 1578)