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

Mystic massacre in the Pequot War: A combined Protestant and Mohegan force under the English Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Native Americans. (26. May 1637)

Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo. (26. May 1644)

Alse Young, hanged in Hartford, Connecticut, becomes the first person executed as a witch in the British American colonies. (26. May 1647)

Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. (27. May 1644)

Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. (28. May 1644)

Publication of La Gazette, the first French newspaper. (30. May 1631)

Thirty Years' War: the Peace of Prague is signed. (30. May 1635)

From this date all honors granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament. (30. May 1642)

The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War. (1. June 1648)

Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities. (1. June 1649)

The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. (2. June 1615)

Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec. (3. June 1608)

The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherland. (3. June 1621)

Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan. (4. June 1615)

The Qing Dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. (6. June 1644)

The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, was granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and became law. (7. June 1628)

The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas. (9. June 1650)

Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt. (10. June 1619)

Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands. (10. June 1624)

King Charles I of England marries Henrietta Maria of France, Princess of France (13. June 1625)