Page 2: Historical Events In 1621

Sep 08   Louis II Condé, [Great Condé], duke of Bourbon (Rocroy)   

Sep 15   Swedish troops occupy Riga.   

Sep 21   King James of England gives Canada to Sir Alexander Sterling   

Sep 24   inaugural newspaper in England debuts   

Sep 28   Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks.   

Oct 08   Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist.   

Oct 08   Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/bishop of Hildesheim   

Oct 09   Turkey and Poland signs Peace of Chotin   

Oct 16   Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59.   

Oct 25   Gov Bradford of US colony Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day   

Nov 03   Renatus Rapinus, [René Rapin], French jesuit/poet (Hortorum libri IV)   

Nov 19   Rabbi Isaiah b Abraham aha-Levi Horowitz arrives in Israel.   

Nov 26   Radulph Agas, English surveyor (C. 1540).   

Dec 03   Galileo invents telescope   

Dec 03   Galileo perfects the telescope.   

Dec 13   Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree   

Dec 15   Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43   

Dec 18   English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation.   

Dec 25   Gov William Bradford forbids game playing on this day.   

Dec 25   Gov William Bradford of Plymouth forbids game playing on Christmas   

Dec 30   English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament   

Dec 31   Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov   

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Jan 27   Thomas willis: English physician   

Feb 02   Johannes schefferus: Alsatian-born humanist    

Mar 07   Georg neumark: Composer   

Mar 28   Heinrich schwemmer: Composer   

Mar 31   Andrew marvell: England, poet (to his coy mistress)   

Apr 23   William penn: English admiral   

Apr 25   Roger boyle: 1st earl of orrery, british soldier, statesman, and dramatist   

Jul 08   Jean de la fontaine: French poet (fables)   

Jan 28   Paulus v: [camillo borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21),    

Feb 15   Michael praetorius: German composer (in dulce jubilo),    

Feb 28   Cosimo ii de' medici: Grand duke of tuscany (b. 1590)   

Mar 31   Felipe iii: King of spain (1598-1621),    

Apr 01   Cristofano allori: Italian painter (b. 1577)   

Apr 15   John carver: First governor of plymouth colony   

May 15   Henrick de keyser: Amsterdam's master builder,    

Jun 08   Anne de xainctonge: French saint (b. 1567)