1631 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1631?
- February 5, 1631 – Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
- May 18, 1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
- May 20, 1631 – The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years’ War.
- May 30, 1631 – Publication of La Gazette, first French newspaper.
- June 17, 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
- June 20, 1631 – The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.
- September 17, 1631 – Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War.
- October 10, 1631 – A Saxon army takes over Prague.
Who Were Born In The Year 1631?
- February 20, 1631 – Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (d. 1712)
- March 16, 1631 – René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
- July 15, 1631 – Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d. 1700)
- August 9, 1631 – John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700)
- August 19, 1631 – John Dryden, English poet (d. 1700)
- September 30, 1631 – William Stoughton, American jurist (d. 1701)
- November 4, 1631 – Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England (d. 1660)
- December 14, 1631 – Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)
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