1630

Years:
1627 1628 1629 - 1630 - 1631 1632 1633

Decades:
1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s

Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century

1630 by topic:
Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

Events

February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists.
June 6 - Swedish warships depart from Stockholm to Germany.
June 26 - July 6 - Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany to aid Protestants.
July 6 - Success, last ship of the Winthrop Fleet, lands safely at Salem harbor, MBC.
July 8 - The MBC celebrates its first Thanksgiving Day.
September 17 - The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
September 24 - First ship of de Sauce's emigrants arrive at Southampton Hundred on the James River (the colony will not prosper; believed to have dispersed later).
November 10-11 – Day of Dupes – Marie de Medicis' unsuccessful attempt to oust Richelieu.
Johann Heinrich Alsted's Encyclopaedia is published.
The first account of the Childes Tomb story is published.
Paramaribo, Suriname is first settled by the British.
Puritan pamphleteer Dr. Alexander Leighton publishes "Zion's Plea Against Prelacy: An Appeal to Parliament", an attack on Anglican bishops, in London. He was sentenced by Archbishop William Laud's High Commission Court to public whipping, branding,and having his ears cut off.