7 - Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor
19 - Christabel Brushett & John Gallop married in St. Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset, England
19 - Thomas Tilden baptized at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent, England, son of Nathaniel 7 Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden
February
22 - John Lathrop baptized Egerton, Kent, England by his grandfather Rev. John House. He was the son of Rev. John & Hannah (House) Lathrop.
March
6 - William Stratton born in London, England son of William & Elizabeth (--?--) Stratton
8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion
May
23 - Second Defenestration of Prague - that is to say the day protestant noblemen held a mock trial and threw two of the Imperial Governor's men out a window into a pile of manure . . . this incident led to the 30 Years War which began in September.
24 - John Scudder baptized at Strood, Kent, England, son of John & Elizabeth (Stoughton) Scudder
June
14 - Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper
September
4 - Rodi avalanche destroys Plurs, Switzerland, 1,500 killed
11 - William Peck born son of Nicholas & Rachel (Young) Peck
20 - Joan Gallop baptized at St. Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset, England, daughter of John & Christabel (Brushett) Gallop
October
29 - Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded in Westminster for alleged treason against James I of England
November
13 - The Synod of Dort opens in Holland to settle dispute between Calvinists and Arminians
28 - Priscilla House buried at Eastwell, Kent, thirteen year old daughter of Rev. John & Alice (Lloyd) House
December
11 - Russia & Poland sign the Truce of Deulino
No date
Margraves of Brandenburg are granted Polish approval to inherit the Duchy of Prussia, creating the state of Brandenburg-Prussia.
Chief Powhatan is thought to have died in Virginia, he was the father of Pocahontas
One of the Scrooby separatists, the church elder William Brewster, criticizes the King of England & the Anglican Church. Authorities in England go to the Netherlands to arrest him, but he escapes.
The Scrooby congregation decide to leave Europe to escape religious prosecution and set their sights on New England.
European Leaders:
- James I - king of England
- Louis XIII - king of France
- Matthias - Holy Roman Empire
- Sigismund III Vasa - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Michael I - tsar of Russia
- Philip III of Spain & II of Portugal
- Gustavus Adolphus - king of Sweden
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