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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s
Years: 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 - 1619 - 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624
Events
- May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason.
- July 30 - In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
- December 4 - Thirty-eight colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by some to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas).
- Slaves are first brought to the United States.
- Ferdinand II elected as Holy Roman Emperor.
- England establishes its first outpost in India.
Year in topic
Births
- February 24 - Charles Le Brun, French painter and art theorist
- March 6 - Cyrano de Bergerac, soldier, poet
Deaths
- March 4 - Anne of Denmark, Consort of James I of England
- March 13 - Richard Burbage, actor
- May 13 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman
