WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 17. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the first half of the 17. century

The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. (22. March 1621)

Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War. (22. March 1622)

The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables. (22. March 1630)

Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent. (22. March 1638)

James VI of Scotland also becomes James I of England, upon the death of Elizabeth I. (24. March 1603)

Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan. (24. March 1603)

The first settlers arrive in Maryland. (25. March 1634)

Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands. (26. March 1636)

The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy. (27. March 1613)

Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France. (27. March 1625)

Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. (29. March 1632)

Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden. (29. March 1638)

A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War. (1. April 1625)

Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa. (5. April 1609)

In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. (5. April 1614)

The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England. (5. April 1621)

Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce. (9. April 1609)

The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. (10. April 1606)

The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships. (12. April 1606)

Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island. (13. April 1612)