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1631 - What happened in 1631 ?


February 1631


Wednesday 05:

Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.




May 1631


Sunday 18:

In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.


Tuesday 20:

The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years War.




June 1631


Tuesday 17:

Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spent more than 20 years to build her tomb, the Taj Mahal.


Friday 20:

The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.




October 1631


Friday 10:

A Saxon army take over Prague.



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