1630 facts for kids

1630 was a year in the 17th century. Many important things happened around the world during this time.

Important Events of 1630

• February 22 – A Native American named Quadequine showed popcorn to English settlers.
• March 22 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony made a rule against playing with cards, dice, and gaming tables.
• June 6 – Swedish warships sailed from Stockholm towards Germany.
• June 26 – July 6 – Swedish soldiers, led by King Gustavus Adolphus, arrived in Pomerania, Germany. They came to help Protestants there.
• July 6 – The ship Success, which was the last one from the Winthrop Fleet, safely returned to Salem harbor in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• September 17 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts, was officially started.
• September 24 – The first group of emigrants from de Sauce's journey arrived at Southampton Hundred on the James River.
• November 10-November 11 – During the Day of Dupes, Marie de Medici tried to stop Richelieu from being powerful, but she was not successful.
• Johann Heinrich Alsted's Encyclopaedia was published. This was a very important book of knowledge.
• The first story of the Childe's Tomb was printed.
• Many people from Great Britain moved to live in Paramaribo, Suriname for the first time.
• A Puritan writer named Dr. Alexander Leighton published a book called "Zion's Plea Against Prelacy: An Appeal to Parliament." This book spoke against Anglican bishops in London. Because of this book, he was punished by Archbishop William Laud's court.

People Born in 1630

• January 11 – John Rogers, who became the President of Harvard in the United States (died 1684).
• February 19 – Shivaji, the person who started the Maratha Empire (died 1680).
• April 28 – Charles Cotton, an English poet (died 1687).
• May 29 – King Charles II of England, who ruled England, Scotland, and Ireland (died 1685).
• August 1 – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, an English statesman (died 1673).
• October 14 – Sophia of Hanover, who was the next person in line to become queen of Great Britain (died 1714).
• October – John Tillotson, who became the Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1694).
• November 24 – Etienne Baluze, a French scholar (died 1718).
• November 27 – Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria, who was a ruler of Tyrol and Further Austria (died 1665).

People Who Died in 1630

• January 26 – Henry Briggs, an English mathematician (born 1556).
• February 12 – Fynes Moryson, an English traveler and writer (born 1566).
• February 26 – William Brade, an English composer (born 1560).
• April 29 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, a French poet and soldier (born 1552).
• July 16 – Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (born 1562).
• September 17 – Thomas Lake, an English statesman (born 1567).
• September 18 – Melchior Klesl, an Austrian cardinal and statesman (born 1552).
• September 20 – Claudio Saracini, an Italian composer (born 1586).
• September 25 – Ambrosio Spinola, a Spanish general (born 1569).
• November 15 – Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer (born 1571).
• November 19 – Johann Schein, a German composer (born 1586).

Images for kids

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  July 6: Gustav Adolf of Sweden makes landfall in Pomerania.

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  The Winthrop Fleet sails towards New England.

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  Jan Vermeer van Utrecht

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  Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten

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  Charles II of England

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  Estephan El Douaihy

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  Olaus Rudbeck

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  Ambrogio Spinola

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  Johannes Kepler

See also

In Spanish: 1630 para niños