What happened in 1620?
53 recorded events in 1620, including 25 in people, 13 in architecture & engineering and 7 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 7
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Battle of White Mountain
Battle ending Bohemian phase of Thirty Years' War (1620)
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Battle of Cecora
1620 battle
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Capture of Bacharach
1620 conflict in the thirty years war
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Capture of Oppenheim
Conflict in the thirty years war, 1620
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Siege of Bad Kreuznach
Conflict in the thirty years war, 1620
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Valtellina War
War in Northern Italy between pro-Habsburg and anti-Habsburg forces; part of the Thirty Years' War
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English expedition to Algiers (1620–1621)
1620–1621 war
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People 25
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William Adams died
English navigator who travelled to Japan
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Timothy II of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Simon Stevin died
Flemish mathematician, physicist and engineer (1548–1620)
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William Keeling died
British sea captain for the East India Company
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Gabriel de Castilla died
Spanish explorer who investigates wheather in Antártida
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Joris van Spilbergen died
Dutch explorer
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Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá died
Spanish explorer
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Jean Beguin died
Iatrochemist noted for his 1610 Tyrocinium Chymicum (Beginner's Chemistry) (Digital edition)
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Alexander Anderson died
Scottish mathematician
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Sabatino de Ursis died
Italian Jesuit missionary
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Giovanni Francesco Sagredo died
Italian mathematician
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Johannes van Heeck died
Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physician
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Rodrigo Zamorano died
Cartographer
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Adriaen Anthonisz died
Dutch mathematician
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Bontadino de Bontadini died
Bolognese hydraulic engineer, architect, mathematician and wood carver
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Bonaventure Hepburn died
Scottish Philologist and Minim friar (1573-1620)
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Esteban Alegre died
Paraguayan explorer
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Nathan Field died
British actor (1587-1620)
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Carolus Luython died
Belgian composer
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Joachim van den Hove died
Flemish composer
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Vittoria Archilei died
Italian soprano of the Baroque period
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Ninon de Lenclos born
Born in Paris. French author, courtesan, freethinker, and patron of the arts (1620-1705).
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Nikola VII Zrinski born
Born in Čakovec. Croatian military commander (1620-1664).
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François Bernier born
Born in Joué-Étiau. French physician and traveller.
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George Frederick of Waldeck-Eisenberg born
Born in Bad Arolsen. Dutch General and German Field Marshal.
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Science & Technology 1
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Central University of Ecuador
University in Ecuador
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Nuestra Señora de Atocha
Sailing ship
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Religion & Belief Systems 4
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Wolf Popper Synagogue
Synagogue in Krakóv, Poland
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Talha Mosque
Mosque in Yemen
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St. Georg (Unterschöneberg)
Church building in Altenmünster, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
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Saint Inventius Church
Parish church in Gaggiano, Italy
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1620 Robben Island earthquake
Seismic event
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Architecture & Engineering 13
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Luxembourg Palace
Seat of the French Senate
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Santa Maria della Vittoria
Church in Rome
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Noorderkerk
Church in Amsterdam
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Church of All Saints, Vilnius
Church building in Vilnius, Lithuania
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Hammerfest Church
Church in Hammerfest, Norway
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Basilica di Nostra Signora Assunta, Genoa
Church building in Genoa, Italy
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San Michele Arcangelo
Church building in Naples, Italy
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Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes
Church located in Paris, in France
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Old Årdal Church
Church building in Hjelmeland, Rogaland, Norway
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Kvitsøy Church
Church building in Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Norway
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Ålfoten Church
Church in Vestland, Norway
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Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower
Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower (Architecture & Engineering).
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Church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia
Church building in Penafiel, Porto District, Portugal
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Empires & Countries 1
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Rajkot State founded
Rajkot State was founded, with its capital at Rajkot.
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