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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s
Years: 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 - 1625 - 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630
Events
- March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- June 13 - Marriage of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria, Princess of France and Navarra.
- The English Parliament refuses to vote Charles I the right to collect customs duties for his entire reign, restricting him to one year instead.
- William Oughtred invents the slide rule.
- James Ussher becomes Archbishop of Armagh.
- New Netherlands director Wilhem Verhulst commissions the construction of Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan.
Year in topic
Births
- Giovanni Cassini, Italian astronomer and engineer (died 1712)
Deaths
- March 27 - King James I of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- Johann Bayer, astronomer
