Today in History for Year 1630

Months in Year 1630: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 20 of 20

Jan 13th - Patent to Plymouth Colony issued
Feb 14th - Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil
Feb 22nd - Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving
Mar 22nd - 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)
Mar 23rd - French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont
May 17th - Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi, 1st to see 2 belts on Jupiter surface
May 29th - Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England"
Jun 25th - Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
Jun 26th - Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde
Jul 3rd - Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament
Jul 6th - Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde
Jul 12th - New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island
Jul 18th - Spanish troops occupy Mantua
Aug 13th - Ferdinand II fires supreme commander Albrecht von Wallenstein
Sep 16th - Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
Sep 17th - The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
Oct 19th - In Boston the 1st general court is held
Nov 5th - Spain & England sign peace treaty
Nov 10th - Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France
Nov 30th - 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 15 of 15

Jan 11th - John Rogers, American President of Harvard in the US (d. 1684)
Feb 19th - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
Mar 1st - Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, baptized
Mar 24th - Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal
Apr 28th - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
May 29th - Charles II, King of England (1660-85)
Jun 10th - Willem van Bemmel, Dutch painter/etcher
Aug 1st - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)
Aug 27th - Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter
Sep 17th - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)
Oct 14th - Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony (d. 1714)
Nov 18th - Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)
Nov 24th - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
Nov 27th - Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (d. 1665)
Dec 12th - Olof Rudbeck, composer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

Jan 7th - Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 19 of 19

Jan 1st - Tetsugen, Zen teacher (Jodo sect converted to Obaku Zen), dies
Jan 13th - Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (b. 1584)
Jan 26th - Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
Feb 12th - Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)
Feb 26th - William Brade, composer, dies
Apr 17th - Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies
Apr 29th - Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet (b. 1552)
Apr 30th - Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44
Jul 26th - Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies
Sep 11th - John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide
Sep 17th - Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567)
Sep 18th - Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (b. 1552)
Sep 20th - Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586)
Sep 25th - Ambrogio Spinola, Spanish marquis of Balbases, dies at about 61
Sep 30th - John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged
Nov 15th - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, dies at 58
Nov 18th - Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried
Nov 19th - Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44
Dec 29th - Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51