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1630

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s

Years: 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 - 1630 - 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists
• July 6 - Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Germany.
• July 6 - Success, last ship of the Winthrop Fleet, lands safely at Salem harbor, MBC.
• July 8 - The MBC celebrates its first Thanksgiving Day.
• September 17 - The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
• Johann Heinrich Alsted's Encyclopaedia is published.
• The first account of the Childes Tomb story is published.
• Paramaribo, Suriname is first settled by the British

Year in topic

• 1630 in literature
• 1630 in science

Births

• Willem Drost, Baroque painter and printmaker
• May 29 - Charles II, future king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
• October 14 - Sophia of Hanover, later heir to the throne of Great Britain.

Deaths

• November 15 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer

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