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| Years: 1628 1629 1630 - 1631 - 1632 1633 1634 | |
| Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1631 in literature 1631 in science | |
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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
Births
- August 19 - John Dryden, English writer (d. 1700)
- December 14 - Lady Anne Finch Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)
Deaths
- March 31 - John Donne, English writer and prelate (b. 1572)
- John Smith of Jamestown, English soldier and colonist (b. 1580)af:1631
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