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Spanish Settlements
In present-day Arizona and New Mexico, members of the Franciscan order from the Spanish settlements in Mexico establish missions in Hopi Indian tribe areas. -
Peruvian strato volcano
Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history -
Battle at Newport
Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army. -
Cape Cod
Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold -
Queen Elizabeth Dies
Queen Elizabeth died of blood poisoning. A relative of the Tudors from Scotland became king. Conflict in parliament erupted when James I had a view of absolute monarchy -
King James I
Scottish King James VI son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, thus joining the English and Scottish crowns. -
Witch Craft
Merga Bien arrested for witchcraft in Fulda, Germany, part of Fulda witch trials. She and about 250 people later burned at the stake. -
Gunpowder Plot
Gunpowder Plot: Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, where his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks. -
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe -
French Explorer
Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years -
First three moons
Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa & Ganymede -
8 Years of Peace
The history of Jamestown continues with the marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe, who would bring tobacco seeds to the colony and begin its harvesting this year. Their marriage led to eight years of peace among the colonists and Indians. -
Thirty Year War
Thirty Years War started in 1618 and ended in 1648. It was between the Catholics and the Protestants in Europe. It involved all of Europe except England. -
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Smallpox Epidemic
Smallpox epidemic wipes out 90% of the Native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area. -
The Bohemian Revolt
The Bohemian Revolt was one of four phases in the Thirty Years War. An assembly of Protestants seized two Catholic councillors and threw them out of the palace window. This event, known as the (Second) Defenestration of Prague, started the Bohemian Revolt -
Mayflower Departs
The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World -
Disbands
King Charles I disbands English parliament -
Treaty of Stettin
During the Thirty Years War, the Treaty of Stettin was signed by Sweden and Pomerania. This created a close alliance between them. Also, gave Sweden full military control over Pomerania -
1st Governor of Massachusetts
John Winthrop is elected 1st Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony -
Galileo Galilei Trial
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun -
1st North American Hurricane
1st recorded north American hurricane hits the Plymouth Colony -
Harvard University
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts founded -
Battle of newburn
Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn -
English Civil War
The English Civil War started in 1642 and ended in 1651. This war led to the execution of Charles I. It also established the republican of commonwealth -
Attack on English Parliment
King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament -
King of France
Louis XIV becomes King of France aged 4 -
1st Patent in North america
Joseph Jenkes receives the 1st patent in North America for making scythes from the General Court of Massachusetts -
1st labor organization
1st labor organization forms in North American colonies (Boston Shoemakers) -
Cape Colony Founded
Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company under Jan van Riebeeck -
Slavery illegal in Rhode Island
Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal -
Cavalier Parliament
The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, lasting for almost 18 years of the quarter century reign of Charles II of England. It is also known as the Pensioner Parliament -
Peter the Great becomes Czar
Peter the great became czar of Russia when he was only a child. One of the first things he did when he was in rule was to storm Azov. This disaster led him to build an army, then the Turks who held Azov surrendered -
John Locke
In this book John Locke states that the purpose of government was to protect peoples rights. It also conveyed the importance of fairness in the law. He believed that the government failed to protect the peoples rights. -
American postal service
Thomas Neale granted English patent for American postal service -
Salem Witch Trials
First people are accused of witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts - Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba, a West Indian slave -
1st Women's Magazine
1st women's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London) -
Beard Tax
Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards -
Russian New Year
Russian Tsar Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed from Sept 1 to Jan 1
