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Years: 1617 1618 1619 - 1620 - 1621 1622 1623
Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1620 in literature 1620 in science

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. The Mayflower Compact is signed on November 11.
November 8 - The Battle of White Mountain
Two officers of the British East India Company attempt to claim the Table Mountain region (in present-day South Africa) for England, but fail.
Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada restores Osaka Castle. Its current appearance dates from this remodelling.
Rene Descartes wittnesses the Battle of White Mountain
Modern violin
Witch hunts begin in Scotland
Cornelius van Drebbel builds an undersea boat
J.P.Donnet, teacher of deaf children in the Spanish court, creates sign alphabet
Bonesetting becomes a science