May 18 The Canadian City of Montreal is founded

May 18 Montréal Canada founded

Jan 04 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament

Jan 04 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament

Jan 08 Astronomer Galileo Galilei dies in Arcetri, Italy at age 77.

Jan 10 King Charles I & family flee London for Oxford

Nov 23 The Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman, discovers Van Dieman's Land (later to be re-named Tasmania)

Nov 24 Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)

Jun 14 The first compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts

Dec 13 New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman

Dec 25 The birth of Isacc Newton, English scientist

Dec 13 New Zealand discovered by the Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman

Aug 22 English Civil War begins

Mar 01 Georgeana (York) ME became the first incorporated American city

Mar 12 Abel Tasman is first European in New Zealand

Mar 09 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Netherlands