1583
Mar 10
| 1583 • Petru Cercel enters Bucharest, and becomes Prince of Wallachia. |
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1554
| 1554 • Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop of Turku. |
1631
Feb 8
Age: 47y
immigrationBoston, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ It is believed Thomas Way went with them. George Way, according to Winthrop's journal..."a Mr. Way with five sons were passengers on the ship Lyon, Captain Pierce master, for the Massachusetts Bay Colony." During the voyage one son was lost overboard from the rigging during a hurricane. Roger Williams was also a passenger on the Lyon. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1631 • Thirty Years' War: After a two-month siege, an Imperial army under the command of Tilly storms the German city of Magdeburg and brutally sacks it, massacring over 20,000 inhabitants. Shocked by the massacre, many protestant states in the Holy Roman Empire decide to ally with Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and support his ongoing invasion. |