See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
February 5 -
Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
May 10 - During the Thirty Years' War imperial troops storm the German city
of Magdeburg and commit a massacre. About 20,000 inhabitants are killed.
May 18 - In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of
office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
Moses Amyraut's Traite des Religions is published.
Algerine pirates sack Baltimore, Ireland.
Births:
Deaths:
John Donne, English poet and writer.
Isaac du Ryer, French poet (date approximate).
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