May 23 Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland

May 27 The first recorded U S execution of a "witch" takes place in Massachusetts

May 11 Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to become governor

May 26 Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony

May 27 The first woman known to be executed as a witch, Achsah Young in Massachusetts

Jan 23 Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament

Jan 30 Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for £400,

Nov 11 Massachusetts passes first US compulsory school attendance law

Jun 04 British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner

Jun 24 Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council

Jun 04 The English army seizes King Charles I as a hostage

Aug 08 Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland.

Jul 07 Thomas Hooker clergyman, father of American democracy, dies

Mar 25 Cape of Good Hope; tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay