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September 29 : The First Thanksgiving the New World as imagined by Jennie A. Brownscombe in 1914TheSiege of Montauban . 1621 (MDCXXI ) was acommon year starting on Friday of theGregorian calendar and acommon year starting on Monday of theJulian calendar , the 1621st year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium , the 21st year of the17th century , and the 2nd year of the1620s decade. As of the start of 1621, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
January 12 –Şehzade Mehmed , the 15-year old half-brother of Ottoman SultanOsman II , is put to death by hanging on Osman's orders. Before dying, Mehmed prays aloud that Osman's reign as Sultan be ruined.January 18 – The Dutch East India Company formally names its fortress at Jayakarta in Indonesia, calling itBatavia . Upon the independence of the Dutch East Indies as Indonesia in 1945, Batavia will be renamed Jakarta.January 22 – TheTianqi era begins in Ming Dynasty China, six months after Zhu Changluo becomes theTaichang Emperor .January 24 – Twelve days after the murder of Prince Mehmed on orders of Sultan Osman II, Constantinople is hit by bitter winter weather, leading to rioting by persons who believe that the punishment of Osman is the will of Allah.January 28 –Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese) dies at the age of 70 after 15 years as Pontiff.January 29 –Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor , declares the Elector of the Palatinate,Frederick V , to be a traitor to the Empire.February 9 –Papal Conclave of 1621 :Pope Gregory XV succeedsPope Paul V , as the 234thpope .February 17 –Myles Standish is appointed as the first commander ofPlymouth Colony .[ 1] March 16 –Samoset , aMohegan , visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them: "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."March 22 – ThePilgrims ofPlymouth Colony sign a peace treaty withMassasoit of theWampanoags .March 31 – KingPhilip IV of Spain begins his 44-year rule.[ 2] October 9 – TheTreaty of Khotyn is signed between theOttoman Empire and thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , ending theFirst Polish-Ottoman War .[ 5] October 9 (September 29 O.S.) – ThePilgrims ofPlymouth Colony andWampanoags celebrate a harvest feast (three days), later regarded as theFirst Thanksgiving Michaelmas , observed on September 29 by the Anglican Communion on the calendar used in England at the time.November 11 – The shipFortune Plymouth Colony , with 35 more settlers.December 31 –Thirty Years' War : ThePeace of Nikolsburg is signed betweenFerdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor andGabor Bethlen , Prince of Transylvania. Bethlen agrees to renounce his claims to Hungary. In return Bethlen receives several counties and lands along the eastern border of the Holy Roman Empire, and Moravia is granted religious freedom.December – The Dutch mathematician and astronomer,Willebrord Snel van Royen (1580–1626), reveals he has rediscovered thelaw of refraction , also known asSnellius' law .[ 6] The Venezuelan city ofPetare is founded by Spanish conquistadors, asSan Jose de Guanarito . The Swedish city ofGothenburg is founded by KingGustavus Adolphus of Sweden .[ 7] Luleå ,Piteå and Torneå (Tornio ).Riga falls under the rule ofSweden . Tamblot rallies an unknown, large number of people inBohol ,Captaincy General of the Philippines to revolt against theSpanish Empire .[ 8] TheDutch East India Company sends 2,000 soldiers, under the command ofJan Pieterszoon Coen , to theBanda Islands , in order to force the local inhabitants to accept the Dutch trade monopoly on the lucrativenutmeg , grown almost exclusively on those islands. The soldiers proceed to massacre most of the 15,000 indigenous inhabitants.
Thomas Willis Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis Erzsébet Thurzó William Penn Rutger von Ascheberg born2 June Edward Proger January 16 –Magnus Celsius , Swedish astronomer and mathematician (d.1679 )January 27 –Thomas Willis , English doctor who played an important part in the history of anatomy (d.1675 )January 30 –George II Rákóczi , Hungarian nobleman (d.1660 )February 2 –Johannes Schefferus , Alsatian-born humanist (d.1679 )February 4 –Frederick, Burgrave of Dohna , Dutch officer, and governor of Orange (d.1688 )February 14 –Sibylla Schwarz , German poet (d.1638 )February 20 –Erzsébet Thurzó , Hungarian noblewoman (d.1642 )February 21 –Rebecca Nurse , Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (d.1692 )February –Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis , Postmaster General of the Holy Roman Empire (1646–1676) (d.1676 ) March 1 –John Alleyn , Cornish barrister (d.1663 )March 2 –Louis Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Ebeleben (1642–1681) (d.1681 )March 9 –Egbert van der Poel , Dutch painter (d.1664 )March 16 –Georg Neumark , German poet and composer of hymns (d.1681 )March 24 –John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1621–1667) (d.1667 )March 26 (bapt.) –Jacob van der Ulft , Dutch painter (d.1689 )March 27 –Margrave Charles Magnus of Baden-Durlach (d.1658 )March 28 –Heinrich Schwemmer , German music teacher and composer (d.1696 )March 31 –Andrew Marvell , English metaphysical poet and politician (d.1678 )[ 9] July 1 –Cornelis de Man , Dutch painter (d.1706 )July 8 July 13 Last baby beaver born on Exmoor until July 13, 2021[ 13] July 22 July 24 –Jan Andrzej Morsztyn , Polish poet (d.1693 )August 12 –Albert d'Orville , Jesuit priest and missionary, cartographer (d.1662 )August 13 August 19 –Gerbrand van den Eeckhout , Dutch painter (d.1674 )August 22 –Adriaen van Gaesbeeck , Dutch painter of genre subjects and portraits (d.1650 )August 28 –Sir Richard Howe, 2nd Baronet , English Member of Parliament (d.1703 )September 8 –Louis, Grand Condé , French general (d.1686 )[ 14] September 9 –Henry X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein , Rector of the University of Leipzig (d.1671 )October 3 October 8 –Maximilian Henry of Bavaria , Roman Catholic bishop (d.1688 )October 18 –Michael Angelo Immenraet , Flemish painter (d.1683 )October 20 –Şehzade Ömer , Ottoman prince (d.1622 )October 21 October 23 –Lord John Stewart , Scottish aristocrat, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (d.1644 )October 24 –Serafina of God , founder of seven Carmelite monasteries of nuns in southern Italy (d.1699 )October 29 –The London Pageant of 1621 celebrates the inauguration ofEdward Barkham (Lord Mayor) .[ 15] November 11 –Israel Tonge , English churchman and anti-Catholic conspirator (d.1680 )November 15 December 3 –Bohuslav Balbín , Czech writer and Jesuit (d.1688 )December 10 –Christian Albert, Burgrave and Count of Dohna , German nobleman and general in the army of Brandenburg (d.1677 )December 12 –Gerard Pietersz Hulft , Dutch general (d.1656 )December 23 Pope Paul V Pietro Aldobrandini Servant of GodAna de Jesús January 15 –Christopher Pickering , British politician (b.1556 )[ 16] January 28 –Pope Paul V (b.1552 )[ 17] January 29 –Francis Taylor , Mayor of Dublin, Ireland (b. c.1550 )February 10 –Pietro Aldobrandini , Italian cardinal, patron of the arts (b.1571 )February 15 –Michael Praetorius , German composer (b.1571 )[ 18] February 16 –Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet , English Member of Parliament (b.1560 )February 28 –Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b.1590 )[ 19] March 4 –Ana de Jesús , SpanishDiscalced Carmelite nun, spiritual writer and Servant of God (b.1545 )March 8 –Enevold Kruse , Danish noble (b.1554 )March 27 –Benedetto Giustiniani , Italian Catholic cardinal (b.1554 )March 28 –Ottavio Rinuccini , Italian composer (b.1562 )March 31 – KingPhilip III of Spain , (Philip II of Portugal) (b.1578 )[ 20] VenerableAnne de Xainctonge April 1 –Cristofano Allori , Italian painter (b.1577 )April 6 April 18 –Bridget Chaworth , English noble (b.1542 )April 21 –Anne of Ostfriesland , German noblewoman (b.1562 )April –John Carver , first governor of Plymouth Colony May 3 –Elizabeth Bacon , English Tudor gentlewoman (b.1541 )May 11 –Johann Arndt , German theologian (b.1555 )May 15 –Hendrick de Keyser , Dutch architect and sculptor (b.1565 )June 2 June 8 –Anne de Xainctonge , FrenchRoman Catholic nun (b.1567 )June 21 June 23 –Zsigmond Forgách , Hungarian noble and soldier (b.1559 )June 26 –Christence Kruckow , Danish noble (b.1558 )Guillaume du Vair John Barclay Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī SaintRobert Bellarmine July 2 –Thomas Harriot , English astronomer and mathematician (b. c.1560 )July 4 –Jean de Bonsi , Catholic cardinal (b.1554 )July 10 –Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy , soldier in Habsburg service (b.1571 )July 13 –Albert VII, Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and (b.1559 )July 19 –Don Giovanni de' Medici , Italian military commander and diplomat (b.1567 )July 30 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