Explore 163 historical events from 1620–1629.
John Barclay was a Scottish writer, satirist and Neo-Latin poet.
John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (born 1582)
Baha al-Din al-Amili, commonly known as Sheikh Bahāʾī, was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and polymath in Safavid Iran, who composed various works in Arabic and Persian. Closely tie…
Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, co-founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (born 1547)
Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 27 at the time. He was o…
Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (born 1542)
Tobacco was long used by various indigenous groups that lived in the Americas. The Columbian exchange introduced tobacco to the Europeans, and it became an addictive, lucrative and…
English crown bans tobacco growing in England, giving the Virginia Company a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shillin
Speedwell was a 60-ton pinnace that carried a band of English Dissenters now popularly called the Pilgrims from Leiden, Holland, to England, whence they intended to sail to America…
Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
Mayflower was an English square-rigged merchant sailing ship, active from before 1609 until 1622. Her tonnage was 180+, and she was 110 feet long and 25 feet in the beam, with seve…
The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North…
The Pilgrims, also known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were the English settlers who traveled to North America on the ship Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony at what now is Pl…
The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16…
Kokkola is a town in Finland and the regional capital of Central Ostrobothnia. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Kokkola is …
The town of Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
The Pilgrims, also known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were the English settlers who traveled to North America on the ship Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony at what now is Pl…
Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower.
The Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) was a conflict between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire over the control of Moldavia. It ended with the Commonwealth wit…
Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
Marguerite Bourgeoys, CND, was a French religious sister and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada.
Marguerite Bourgeoys, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (died 1700)
John Graunt has been regarded as the founder of demography. Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdashe…
John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (died 1674)
Sir John Moore was an English politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the City of London from 15 May 1685 to 9 January 1687, and Lord Mayor of London from 1681–82. He also …
John Moore, English businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London (died 1702)
Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder was a Dutch classical scholar, poet and diplomat. He travelled all over Europe to visit the major libraries and over time collected Europe's largest pri…
Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder, Dutch poet and scholar (died 1681)
Jean Picard was a French priest, astronomer and pioneer in geodesy, born in La Flèche, where he studied at the Collège royal Henri le Grand. He is best known for accurately measuri…
Jean Picard, French astronomer (died 1682)
Isabella Leonarda was an Italian composer from Novara. At the age of 16, she entered the Collegio di Sant'Orsola, an Ursuline convent, where she stayed for the remainder of her lif…
Isabella Leonarda, Italian composer and educator (died 1704)
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital was a rabbi in Safed and the foremost disciple of Isaac Luria. He recorded much of his master's teachings. After Vital's death, his writings began to spread…
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Jewish scholar (born 1542)
William Adams, better known in Japan as Miura Anjin , was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan. He was later granted samurai status, and wa…
William Adams, English sailor and navigator (born 1564)
The Wanli Emperor, personal name Zhu Yijun, was the 14th emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1572 to 1620. He succeeded his father, the Longqing Emperor.
Wanli Emperor of China (born 1563)