1630
Years: 1627 1628 1629 - 1630 - 1631 1632 1633 |
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Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s |
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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- February 22 - Native American introduces Popcorn to English colonists.
- June 6 - Swedish warships depart from Stockholm to Germany.
- June 26 - July 6 - Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany to aid Protestants.
- July 6 - Success, last ship of the Winthrop Fleet, lands safely at Salem harbor, MBC.
- July 8 - The MBC celebrates its first Thanksgiving Day.
- September 17 - The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
- September 24 - First ship of de Sauce's emigrants arrive at on the James River (the colony will not prosper; believed to have dispersed later).
- November 10-11 – Day of Dupes – Marie de Medicis' unsuccessful attempt to oust Richelieu.
- Johann Heinrich Alsted's Encyclopaedia is published.
- The first account of the Childes Tomb story is published.
- Paramaribo, Suriname is first settled by the British.
- Puritan pamphleteer publishes "Zion's Plea Against Prelacy: An Appeal to Parliament", an attack on Anglican bishops, in London. He was sentenced by Archbishop William Laud's High Commission Court to public whipping, branding,and having his ears cut off.
Births
- January 11 - John Rogers, American President of Harvard (d. 1684)
- February 19 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
- April 28 - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
- May 29 - King Charles II of England Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1685)
- August 1 - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)
- October 14 - Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1714)
- October - John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1694)
- November 24 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
- November 27 - Sigismund Francis of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (d. 1665)
See also Category:1630 births.
Deaths
- January 26 - Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
- February 12 - Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)
- February 26 - William Brade, English composer (b. 1560)
- April 29 - Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (b. 1552)
- July 16 - Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1562)
- September 17 - Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567)
- September 18 - Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (b. 1552)
- September 20 - Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586)
- September 25 - Ambrosio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases, Spanish general (b. 1569)
- November 15 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (b. 1571)
- November 19 - Johann Schein, German composer (b. 1586)
See also Category:1630 deaths.