January 13 Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) February 9 Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623) February 17 Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony March 4 Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia March 7 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies March 16 Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass March 22 Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands April 5 Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England April 9 Spain and Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends April 15 Hugo the Great arrives in France May 3 Francis Bacon accused of bribery May 31 Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night June 3 Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands" (NY) June 3 WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded June 19 Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece June 25 French government army occupies Fort St. Jean d'Angely at La Rochelle July 6 Dutch Governor-General John Pieterszoon Coen takes Banda-islands, 15,000 die September 15 Swedish troops occupy Riga September 21 King James of England gives Canada to Sir Alexander Sterling September 28 Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks October 9 Turkey and Poland signs Peace of Chotin October 25 Governor Bradford of U.S. colony Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day November 19 Rabbi Isaiah b Abraham aha-Levi Horowitz arrives in Israel December 3 Galileo invents telescope December 13 Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree December 18 English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation December 25 Governor William Bradford of Plymouth forbids game playing on Christmas December 30 English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament December 31 Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov
