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What Happened In Year 1621?

• February 9, 1621 – Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
• February 17, 1621 – Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony.
• March 16, 1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, “Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset.”
• March 22, 1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
• April 5, 1621 – The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain.
• May 24, 1621 – The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
• June 3, 1621 – The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands.
• June 21, 1621 – Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.

Who Were Born In The Year 1621?

• January 27, 1621 – Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)
• February 2, 1621 – Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian humanist (d. 1679)
• February 21, 1621 – Rebecca Nurse, English colonist executed during Salem witch trials (d. 1692)
• March 31, 1621 – Andrew Marvell, English poet (d. 1678)
• April 23, 1621 – William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)
• April 25, 1621 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679)
• July 8, 1621 – Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (d. 1695)
• July 22, 1621 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician (d. 1683)
• August 19, 1621 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)
• September 5, 1621 – Juan Andrés Coloma, Spanish noble (d. 1694)
• September 8, 1621 – Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)
• November 20, 1621 – Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)
• December 23, 1621 – Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)

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