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

Samuel Argall captures Native American princess Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia to ransom her for some English prisoners held by her father. She is brought to Henricus as hostage. (13. April 1613)

Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Year's War and allows them to advance into Bohemia. (14. April 1639)

Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War. (15. April 1632)

Tokugawa shogunate forces put down the Shimabara Rebellion when they retake Hara Castle from the rebels. (15. April 1638)

Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Parliamentarian army. (15. April 1642)

The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta. (21. April 1615)

The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island. (22. April 1622)

The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts. (23. April 1635)

Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. (25. April 1607)

The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming Dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng. (25. April 1644)

English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia. (26. April 1607)

The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army. (27. April 1650)

Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world. (28. April 1611)

Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege. (30. April 1636)

The King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker. (2. May 1611)

Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw. (4. May 1626)

King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament. (5. May 1640)

Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City. (11. May 1647)

Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason. (13. May 1619)

Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed. (13. May 1648)