May 14 Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon

May 07 Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)

Jan 05 Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues

Jan 03 Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel"

Jan 03 Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel"

Jan 03 Schouwburg Theatre, the first in Amsterdam, opens

Jan 05 Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues

Jan 03 Schouwburg Theatre, the first in Amsterdam, opens

Feb 28 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convenant, Greyfriars, Edinburgh

Feb 11 Dutch countess Louise of Solms marries earl John of Brederode

Jun 01 The first earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass

Jun 25 A lunar eclipse becomes the first astronomical event recorded in US

Aug 09 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx

Mar 03 Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden

Mar 29 First permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)

Mar 07 Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)

Mar 22 Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony