6 events found for 1631
In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts
The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in
Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper
The Sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Barbary slave traders
Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.