15 July – the armed merchant shipMayflower embarks about 65 emigrants for New England at or near her home port ofRotherhithe on the Thames east of London.[3]
c. 19 July – theMayflower anchors inSouthampton Water to rendezvous with theSpeedwell which on 22 July (1 AugustNS) sets out fromDelfshaven carrying English separatistPuritans fromLeiden, arriving on 26 July. On or about 5 August the ships set sail, but theSpeedwell is found to be leaking.[3]
12 or 13 August – theMayflower andSpeedwell put intoDartmouth, Devon, for repairs to theSpeedwell.
23 August – theMayflower andSpeedwell set out from Dartmouth; they are well out into the Atlantic when theSpeedwell is again found to be leaking.[3]
28 August – theMayflower andSpeedwell return again to England, anchoring offPlymouth in theCattewater; the latter ship is given up as a participant in the voyage and on 2 September departs for London, with most of her passengers and stores having been transferred to theMayflower.[3]
6 September (16 SeptemberNS) – theMayflower leaves Plymouth carrying thePilgrims toCape Cod inNorth America, where they land on 11 November.[4] She carries 41 "saints" (English separatists largely from Holland), 40 "strangers" (largely secular planters from London), 23 servants and hired workers, and c. 30 crew.
24 July – while hunting atBramshill,George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, accidentally kills a keeper with his crossbow.[8] A royal commission of inquiry narrowly finds in his favour.
23 May –Nathaniel Butter begins publication in London ofNewes from Most Parts of Christendom orWeekly News from Italy, Germany, Hungaria, Bohemia, the Palatinate, France and the Low Countries, one of the first regularEnglish language newspapers.[4]
26 October – "Fatal Vespers": 95 people are killed when an upper floor of the French ambassador's house inBlackfriars, London, collapses under the weight of a congregation attending a mass.[13]
Between 8 November and 5 December – publication in London of the "First Folio" (Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies), a collection of 36 of the plays ofShakespeare (d.1616), half of which have not previously been printed.[4]
13 June – Marriage in person of King Charles I and the Catholic Henrietta Maria, Princess ofFrance andNavarra, at Canterbury.[4]
18 June – The "Useless Parliament" refuses to vote Charles I the right to collect customs duties for his entire reign, seeking to restrict him to one year instead.[4]
August
Over 40,000 killed bybubonic plague in London; court and Parliament temporarily moved toOxford.[4]
A very high tide occurs, the highest ever known in theThames, and the sea walls inKent,Essex andLincolnshire are overthrown, with great desolation caused to the lands near the sea.[17]
8 November – Duke of Buckingham leaves La Rochelle, having lost half of his expeditionary force.[1]
28 November –Sir Thomas Darnell launches an unsuccessful appeal against his imprisonment without trial for refusing to pay forced loans; a major impetus for thePetition of Right the following year.[1]
10 March – the King dissolves Parliament and begins an 11-yearPersonal Rule.[1]
March –Maldon grain riots begin: people in Essex led by "Captain"Ann Carter protest against food prices. The local magistracy lowers the corn price but the ringleader is executed.[26]
31 January – Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire (born 1579)19 February – Sir Henry Savile, scholar, mathematician, Bible translator, MP and benefactor (born 1549)5 March (bur.) – Christopher Jones, ship's captain, master of the Mayflower (born c. 1570)17 April – Richard Hawkins, seaman (born c. 1562)1 July – William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, politician (born 1575)October – Sir George Buck, antiquary, historian and MP (born 1560)William Leighton, composer (born 1565)
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