1608
| 1608 • Uniform Land-Tax Law is imposed in Korea. |
1635
Age: 27y
| 1635 • Rhode Island founder Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident, after speaking out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land. |
about
Age: 29y
1637
Age: 29y
marriageJeremy Adams Connecticut, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1637 • After a court battle, King Charles I of England hands over title to the North American colony of Massachusetts to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, one of the founders of Plymouth Council for New England. |
1638
Aug 26
Age: 30y
birth of childJohn Adams Hartford, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1638 • The Beijing Gazette makes an official switch in its production process of newspapers, from woodblock printing to movable type printing; private newspapers in Ming Dynasty China were first mentioned in 1582. |
1689
Dec 22
Age: 82y
| 1689 • Boston revolt: Unpopular Governor of the Dominion of New England Sir Edmund Andros and other officials are overthrown by a "mob" of Bostonians. Andros, an appointee of James II of England, is disliked for his support of the Church of England and revocation of various colonial charters. |