First American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans around Jamestown, Virginia, 347 killed
First American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans around Jamestown, Virginia, 347 killed
First American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans around Jamestown, Virginia, 347 killed
Events Before
Dutch West India Company receives charter for the West Indies (the Americas, Caribbean and West Africa)
The Dutch colonial empire (Dutch: Nederlandse Koloniale Rijk) comprised overseas territories and trading posts under some form of Dutch control from the early 17th to late 20th centuries, including...
King James I of England gives Scottish courtier and poet William Alexander a royal charter to colonize Nova Scotia
King James I of England gives Scottish courtier and poet William Alexander a royal charter to colonize Nova Scotia
John Wheelwright, English-American Puritan clergyman, marries Mary Storre in Lincolnshire
John Wheelwright, English-American Puritan clergyman, marries Mary Storre in Lincolnshire
Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sails from Jakarta for the Moluccas
The Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands, also referred to as the Banda genocide, was a process of military conquest from 1609 to 1621 by the Dutch East India Company of the Banda Islands.
Ceremony held to name the Dutch base of Batavia in the East Indies (modern Jakarta)
Batavia was an imperial Dutch port city that eventually, after two centuries of Dutch occupation, became the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia.
Events After
Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts
Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts
Amboyna Massacre: ten Englishmen and ten Japanese and a Portuguese are beheaded by the Dutch for supposedly planning to
Amboyna Massacre: ten Englishmen and ten Japanese and a Portuguese are beheaded by the Dutch for supposedly planning to seize their fort on Ambon Island (modern Indonesia)
Virginia enacts the first American temperance law
Virginia enacts the first American temperance law
11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev Gerville Pooley, Virginia files against Cicely Jordan, he loses
1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev Gerville Pooley, Virginia files against Cicely Jordan, he loses
More from the 1620s
Papal Chancery adopts January 1 as the beginning of the year (previously March 25)
Papal Chancery adopts January 1 as the beginning of the year (previously March 25)
Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland ascends the English throne
Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland ascends the English throne
Viceroy Frederick Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
Viceroy Frederick Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of go
Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of goods, believed to be the Canarsee Indians of the Lenape
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