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1620
Years:
1617
1618
1619
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1620
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1621
1622
1623
Decades
:
1590s
1600s
1610s
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1620s
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1630s
1640s
1650s
Centuries
:
16th century
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17th century
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18th century
1620 in literature
1620 in science
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Events
September 6
- English emigrants on the
Mayflower
depart from
Plymouth
,
England
for the future
New England
and arrive at the end of the year. The
Mayflower Compact
is signed on
November 11
.
November 8
- The
Battle of White Mountain
Two officers of the
British East India Company
attempt to claim the Table Mountain region (in present-day
South Africa
) for
England
, but fail.
Shogun
Tokugawa Hidetada
restores
Osaka Castle
. Its current appearance dates from this remodelling.
René Descartes
witnesses the
Battle of White Mountain
Modern
violin
Witch hunts
begin in
Scotland
Cornelius van Drebbel builds an undersea boat
J.P.Donnet, teacher of deaf children in the Spanish court, creates sign alphabet
Bonesetting becomes a science
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Births
February 16
-
Friedrich Wilhelm
, the "Great Elector" of
Brandenburg
,
Duke of Prussia
(+
1688
)
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Deaths
March 1
-
Thomas Campion
, poet and composer
May 16
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William Adams
, English navigator and Japanese
samurai