History
1621
General
Population: 543 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include John Barclay (political allegory), John Fletcher (comedy), Robert Burton The Anatomy of Melancholy,
Thomas Munn (trade)
Art includes Bernini "Rape of Proserpina", Van Duck "Rest on the Flight into Egypt",
- Religion: Death of Pope Paul V – Alexander Ludovisi becomes Pope Gregory XV
- Science: Johann Kepler's work banned by Roman Catholic Church
- Technology: First attempts at using coal to smelt iron fails
- Deaths: Composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Composer Michael Praetorius, Philip III of Spain, Jesuit counter-reformer Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine,
Pope Paul V, Pilgrim John Carver, Cosimo II de Medici
Americas
- Canada: English attempt to colonize Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
Dutch West India Company chartered – later acquired N American coast from Chesapeake Bay to Newfoundland
Asia
- China: Nurhachi expels Ming and sets up Manchu capital at Liaoyang
Europe
- General: Twelve Years' Truce between Holland and Spain ends – war returns
- England: Francis Bacon charged in Parliament with corruption and is fined imprisoned and declared incapable of holding office – pardoned by king
John Williams bishop of Lincoln made Lord Keepter and Lionel Cranfield Lord Treasurer
Fortune Theater in London burns down
First periodical issued in London
- France: Huguenot rebellion against Louis XIII
- German States: Frederick V the Elector Palatine placed under ban of HRE as war moves from Bohemia to the Palatinate
U of Strasbourg opened
Heidelberg U Library sacked by Count Tilly's troops
Potatoes planted in Germany for first time
- Italian States: Death of Cosimo II de Medici and Ferdinando II named Grand Duke of Tuscany
- Spain: End of reign of Philip III as son Philip IV rules
- Sweden: First modern army under Gustavus II
General
East
- Dutch West India Company chartered – later acquired N American coast from Chesapeake Bay to Newfoundland
South
- Sir Francis Wyatt arrives as new Governor of Virginia with new regulations