1591
| 1591 • Battle of Tondibi: In Mali, forces sent by the Saadi Dynasty ruler of Morocco, Ahmad al-Mansur, and led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one. |
1610
Age: 19y
marriageMary Mitchell 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1610 • Anglo-Powhatan Wars: The English launch a major attack on the Paspahegh village, capturing and executing the native queen and her children, burning houses and chopping down the corn fields; the subsequent use of the term "Paspahegh" in documents refers to their former territory. |
1618
Jun 29
Age: 27y
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birth of childJohn Tillotson Halifax, Yorkshire, England ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1618 • Pluto reaches, according to sophisticated mathematical calculations, its second most recent aphelion. The next one occurs in 1866, and the following one will occur 2113. |
1628
Age: 37y
| 1628 • The first black slaves arrive in the Dutch Manhattan. |