1621
Years:
1618 1619 1620 - 1621 - 1622 1623 1624Decades:
1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650sCenturies:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1621 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music
Events
- February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope.
- February 17 - Miles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth Colony
- March 22 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
- March 16 - Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
- April 5 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to Great Britain.
- May 24 - Protestant Union was formally dissolved.
- June 21 - an execution of 27 Czech lords on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the battle on the "White Mountain".
- The Swedish city of Gothenburg is founded by Gustavus Adolphus
- Riga falls under rule of Sweden
Births
- 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 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)
See also @ 1621 births.
Deaths
- January 28 - Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
- February 15 - Michael Praetorius, German composer
- February 28 - Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)
- March 31 - King Philip III of Spain (b. 1578)
- April 1 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)
- April 15 - John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony
- 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
- 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)
- October 8 - Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist and economist
- October 16 - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch commposer (b. 1562)
- November 26 - Radulph Agas, English surveyor
- December 13 - Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
- December 15 - Charles de Luynes, Constable of France (b. 1578)
- Dirk Hartog, Dutch explorer (b. 1580)
See also @ 1621 deaths.