1619 - What happened in 1619 ?

May 1619

Monday 13:

Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason.

June 1619

Monday 10:

Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt of the Thirty Years' War

July 1619

Tuesday 30:

In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.

August 1619

Thursday 01:

First African slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia.

Wednesday 28:

Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

December 1619

Wednesday 04:

Thirty-eight colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas).