1630

Years: 1627 1628 1629 – 1630 – 1631 1632 1633
Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s – 1630s – 1640s 1650s 1660s
Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1630 in topic: Literature – Science - State leaders

Events

February 22 – Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists.
June 6 – Swedish warships depart from Stockholm to Germany.
June 26 – Swedish troops begin to land in Pomerania to aid Protestants.
July 6 – Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Germany.
July 6 – Success, last ship of the Winthrop Fleet, lands safely at Salem harbor, MBC.
July 8 – The MBC celebrates its first Thanksgiving Day.
September 17 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
September 24 – First ship of de Sauce's emigrants arrive at Southampton Hundred on the James River (the colony will not prosper; believed to have dispersed later).
November 10-11 – Day of Dupes – Marie de Medicis' unsuccessful attempt to oust Richelieu.
Johann Heinrich Alsted's Encyclopaedia is published.
The first account of the Childes Tomb story is published.
Paramaribo, Suriname is first settled by the British.

February 19 – Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
May 29 – King Charles II of England Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1685)
October 14 – Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1714)
October – John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1694)
November 27 – Sigismund Francis of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (d. 1665)

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