1630
Winthrop's Fleet Arrives at Massachusetts Bay
Eleven ships carrying nearly a thousand Puritan settlers, the largest single migration yet attempted, anchored off Salem under the governorship of John…
Gustavus Adolphus Lands in Germany
The Lion of the North stepped ashore on the Pomeranian coast with thirteen thousand disciplined Swedes and an arquebus and a prayer.
Dutch Capture Recife
A Dutch West India Company fleet seized the Portuguese sugar port of Recife and established Dutch Brazil.
Boston Founded
John Winthrop's colonists, finding Salem cramped and Charlestown waterless, moved south across the bay to a peninsula with a reliable spring the Algonquians…
Johannes Kepler Dies
The astronomer who had turned Tycho Brahe's observations into the three laws of planetary motion died in Regensburg while traveling to collect unpaid salary…
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1630?
Saeculum lists 5 events from 1630. The most significant is Winthrop's Fleet Arrives at Massachusetts Bay.
What era was 1630 part of?
1630 falls within the Renaissance (1501-1650). Reformation, conquest, and the world drawn whole.
Which regions saw notable events in 1630?
The events from 1630 span North America, Europe and South America.