1631
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February 5 -
Roger Williams emigrates to
Boston.
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February 16 -
Gustav Adolf Secondary School was founded in
Tallinn,
Estonia by Swedish king
Gustav II Adolf.
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May 10 - During the
Thirty Years' War imperial troops storm the German city of
Magdeburg and commit a massacre. About 20,000 inhabitants are killed.
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May 18 - In
Dorchester, Massachusetts,
John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first
Governor of Massachusetts.
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June 20 -
Algerian pirates
sack Baltimore, County Cork in
Ireland.
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October 10 - A
Saxon army take over
Prague.
*
Moses Amyraut's
Traite des Religions is published.
*The bell "Emmanuel" in
Notre Dame de Paris is recast.
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February 20 -
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (d.
1712)
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March 16 -
René Le Bossu, French critic (d.
1680)
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May 2 -
Sir John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl (d.
1703)
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July 15 -
Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d.
1700)
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August 19 -
John Dryden, English writer (d.
1700)
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September 3 -
William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (d.
1701)
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November 4 -
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d.
1660)
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December 14 -
Lady Anne Finch Conway, English philosopher (d.
1679)
See also :Category:1631 births.*
March 31 -
John Donne, English writer and prelate (b.
1572)
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May 6 -
Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician
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June 17 -
Mumtaz Mahal, favorite wife of
Shah Jahan (b. April
1593)
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July 28 -
Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist (b.
1569)
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December 23 -
Michael Drayton, English poet (b.
1563)
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John Smith of Jamestown, English soldier and colonist (b.
1580)
See also :Category:1631 deaths.
