1631
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1600s 1610s 1620s – 1630s – 1640s 1650s 1660s |
| Years: | 1628 1629 1630 – 1631 – 1632 1633 1634 |
| 1631 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1631 (MDCXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1631
[edit] January–June
- February 5 – Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
- February 16 – Gustav Adolf Secondary School is founded in Tallinn, Estonia by Swedish king Gustav II Adolf.
- May 10 – Thirty Years' War: Imperial troops storm the German city of Magdeburg and massacre 20,000 inhabitants.
- May 18 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
- May 30 – La Gazette, the first French newspaper, was founded.
- June 20 – Algerian pirates sack Baltimore, County Cork in Ireland.
[edit] July–December
- September 17 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Breitenfield (1631) – King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden defeats the Catholic League and the Holy Roman Empire, ensuring religious liberty for the Protestant states of Germany.
- October 10 – Thirty Years' War: A Saxon army takes over Prague.
[edit] Undated
- Moses Amyraut's Traite des Religions is published.
- The bell "Emmanuel" in Notre Dame de Paris is recast.
- The Taj Mahal's construction is started (it is finished in 1653).
- Mount Vesuvius erupts in Pompeii.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1631 MDCXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2384 |
| Armenian calendar | 1080 ԹՎ ՌՁ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -213 – -212 |
| Bengali calendar | 1038 |
| Berber calendar | 2581 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2175 |
| Burmese calendar | 993 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7139 – 7140 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年十一月廿九日 (4267/4327-11-29) — to —
辛未年閏十一月初九日(4268/4328-intercalary 11-9) |
| Coptic calendar | 1347 – 1348 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1623 – 1624 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5391 – 5392 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1686 – 1687 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1553 – 1554 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4732 – 4733 |
| Holocene calendar | 11631 |
| Iranian calendar | 1009 – 1010 |
| Islamic calendar | 1040 – 1041 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 8 (寛永8年) |
| Korean calendar | 3964 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2174 |
- January 1 – Katherine Philips, Anglo-Welsh poet (d. 1664)
- February 20 – Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (d. 1712)
- March 16 – René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
- May 2 – Sir John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl (d. 1703)
- July 15 – Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d. 1700)
- August 19 – John Dryden, English writer (d. 1700)
- September 3 – William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (d. 1701)
- November 4 – Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1660)
- December 14 – Lady Anne Finch Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)
- See also Category:1631 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 – Thomas Hobson, English carrier and origin of the phrase "Hobson's choice" (b. 1544)
- March 31 – John Donne, English writer and prelate (b. 1572)
- May 6 – Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (b. 1570)
- June 17 – Mumtaz Mahal, favorite wife of Shah Jahan (b. April 1593)
- June 21 – John Smith of Jamestown, English soldier and colonist (b. 1580)
- July 19 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (b. 1550)
- July 28 – Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist (b. 1569)
- October 14 – Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1631), Queen and regent of Denmark (b. 1557)
- December 23 – Michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563)
- See also Category:1631 deaths.
