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1631 in literature
1631 in science
Contents
1 Events
2 Year in topic
3 Births
4 Deaths
Events
February 5
-
Roger Williams
emigrates to
Boston
.
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.
May 18
- In
Dorchester, Massachusetts
,
John Winthrop
takes the oath of office and becomes the first
Governor of Massachusetts
.
June 20
-
Algerian
pirates
sack
Baltimore, County Cork
in
Ireland
.
Moses Amyraut
's
Traite des Religions
is published.
The bell "Emmanuel" in
Notre Dame de Paris
is recast.
Year in topic
1631 in literature
1631 in science
Births
Lady Anne Finch Conway
née Anne Finch, philosopher (d.
1679
)
August 19
-
John Dryden
, poet and playwright (d.
1700
)
Deaths
March 31
-
John Donne
, English poet and writer.
Isaac du Ryer , French poet (date approximate).
John Smith of Jamestown
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