What happened in 1620?

Battle of White Mountain

Wars & Conflicts

Battle ending Bohemian phase of Thirty Years' War (1620)

Battle of Cecora

Wars & Conflicts · Prut

1620 battle

Capture of Bacharach

Wars & Conflicts · Bacharach

1620 conflict in the thirty years war

Capture of Oppenheim

Wars & Conflicts · Oppenheim

Conflict in the thirty years war, 1620

Siege of Bad Kreuznach

Wars & Conflicts · Bad Kreuznach

Conflict in the thirty years war, 1620

Valtellina War

Wars & Conflicts · Valtellina

War in Northern Italy between pro-Habsburg and anti-Habsburg forces; part of the Thirty Years' War

English expedition to Algiers (1620–1621)

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1620–1621 war

Sack of Manfredonia

Wars & Conflicts · Manfredonia

1620 sack

Palatinate campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Palatinate

1620 military campaign during the Thirty Years' War

Cossack raid on Istanbul (1620)

Wars & Conflicts · Constantinople

1620 raid

William Adams died

People · Hirado Island

English navigator who travelled to Japan

Timothy II of Constantinople died

People · Istanbul

Patriarch of Constantinople

Simon Stevin died

People · The Hague

Flemish mathematician, physicist and engineer (1548–1620)

William Keeling died

People

British sea captain for the East India Company

Gabriel de Castilla died

People · Lima

Spanish explorer who investigates wheather in Antártida

Joris van Spilbergen died

People · Bergen op Zoom

Dutch explorer

Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá died

People · Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza

Spanish explorer

Jean Beguin died

People · Paris

Iatrochemist noted for his 1610 Tyrocinium Chymicum (Beginner's Chemistry) (Digital edition)

Alexander Anderson died

People · Paris

Scottish mathematician

Sabatino de Ursis died

People · Macau

Italian Jesuit missionary

Giovanni Francesco Sagredo died

People · Venice

Italian mathematician

Johannes van Heeck died

People · Sant'Angelo Romano

Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physician

Rodrigo Zamorano died

People · Seville

Cartographer

Adriaen Anthonisz died

People · Alkmaar

Dutch mathematician

Bontadino de Bontadini died

People · Bologna

Bolognese hydraulic engineer, architect, mathematician and wood carver

Bonaventure Hepburn died

People · Venice

Scottish Philologist and Minim friar (1573-1620)

Esteban Alegre died

People · Corrientes

Paraguayan explorer

Nathan Field died

People · London

British actor (1587-1620)

Carolus Luython died

People · Prague

Belgian composer

Joachim van den Hove died

People · The Hague

Flemish composer

Vittoria Archilei died

People · Florence

Italian soprano of the Baroque period

Ninon de Lenclos born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French author, courtesan, freethinker, and patron of the arts (1620-1705).

Nikola VII Zrinski born

People · Čakovec

Born in Čakovec. Croatian military commander (1620-1664).

François Bernier born

People · Joué-Étiau

Born in Joué-Étiau. French physician and traveller.

George Frederick of Waldeck-Eisenberg born

People · Bad Arolsen

Born in Bad Arolsen. Dutch General and German Field Marshal.

Frederick William of Brandenburg born

People · Berlin Palace

Born in Berlin Palace. Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia.

Wanli Emperor died

People · Beijing

Died in Beijing. Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1563-1620).

Taichang Emperor died

People · Beijing

Died in Beijing. 15th Emperor of the Ming dynasty.

Mahfiruz Hatice Sultan died

People · Istanbul

Died in Istanbul. Haseki Of Sultan Ahmed I And Mother of Osman ll.

Álvaro IV of Kongo born

People · M'banza-Kongo

Born in M'banza-Kongo. Was king of Kongo from 1631 to his death in 16361.

Central University of Ecuador

Science & Technology

University in Ecuador

Nuestra Señora de Atocha

Exploration & Discovery

Sailing ship

English expedition to Algiers

Exploration & Discovery · Algiers

1620–1621 military expedition

Wolf Popper Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Krakóv, Poland

Talha Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Yemen

St. Georg (Unterschöneberg)

Religion & Belief Systems · Unterschöneberg

Church building in Altenmünster, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany

Saint Inventius Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Gaggiano, Italy

Basilica of the Holy Face

Religion & Belief Systems

Minor basilica in Manoppello, Italy

Jewish cemetery in La Bastide-Clairence

Religion & Belief Systems

Cemetery located in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in France

Morong Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Morong, Rizal, Philippines

Makati Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Poblacion, Makati

Couvent des Ursulines de Paris

Religion & Belief Systems

Convent located in Paris, in France

Elias monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Tyumen, Russia

Exaltation of the Holy Cross church in Kaczyce

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic wooden church in Kaczyce, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Convent de Sant Bonaventura

Religion & Belief Systems

Cultural property in Llucmajor, Spain

Sant'Antonio Abate

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Rieti, Italy

Santa Maria Annunziata Parish Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Neggio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Alexeevo-Akatov Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Russian monastery

Cole's Hill

Religion & Belief Systems

historic cemetery and settlement site of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Dreifaltigkeitskapelle

Religion & Belief Systems · Hagenheim

Chapel in Hagenheim, Hofstetten, Landkreis Landsberg am Lech, Germany

Honren-ji Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū sect in Nagasaki, Japan

Shōshun-ji Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple of the Higashi Honganji-ha sect dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Yoyogi, Japan

1620 Robben Island earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Seismic event

Sacro Macello

Disasters & Pandemics · Valtellina

1620 massacre

Luxembourg Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Seat of the French Senate

Santa Maria della Vittoria

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Rome

Noorderkerk

Architecture & Engineering · Jordaan

Church in Amsterdam

Church of All Saints, Vilnius

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Vilnius, Lithuania

Hammerfest Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Hammerfest, Norway

Basilica di Nostra Signora Assunta, Genoa

Architecture & Engineering · Sestri Ponente

Church building in Genoa, Italy

San Michele Arcangelo

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Naples, Italy

Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Paris, in France

Old Årdal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Hjelmeland, Rogaland, Norway

Kvitsøy Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Norway

Ålfoten Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Vestland, Norway

Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Church of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Penafiel, Porto District, Portugal

Fort Dansborg

Architecture & Engineering · Tharangambadi

Danish fort in the shores of Bay of Bengal

Sielecki Castle

Architecture & Engineering

Castle from XV century in Sosnowiec, south Poland

Achabal Gardens

Architecture & Engineering

Mughal garden in Anantnag, India

Musée lapidaire d'Avignon

Architecture & Engineering

French museum

Saint Nicholas Nadeinskaya Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Yaroslavl, Russia

Takabe Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Shinto shrine in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Kutseinski Bohai︠a︡ŭlenski manastyr

Architecture & Engineering

Franciscan Monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Rajkot State founded

Empires & Countries · Rajkot

Rajkot State was founded, with its capital at Rajkot.

Saraikela State founded

Empires & Countries

Saraikela State was founded.