1620 - What happened in 1620 ?

June 1620

Wednesday 03:

Building of oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

August 1620

Saturday 15:

The Mayflower departs Southampton, England.

September 1620

Sunday 06:

The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America.

November 1620

Sunday 08:

The Battle of White Mountain, the first battle in the Thirty Years' War, takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.

Wednesday 11:

In what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod, the Mayflower Compact is signed on the Mayflower, establishing the basic laws for the Plymouth Colony.

December 1620

Monday 21:

The Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock

Wednesday 23:

Construction of Plymouth Colony begins

Saturday 26:

Pilgrim Fathers land of what becomes New Plymouth in Massachusetts