1631 35161 225028234 2008-07-11T15:13:05Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1631]] {{year nav|{{PAGENAME}}}} {{C17YearInTopicX}} <!-- [[Image: |thumb|140px|right| .]] --> Year '''1631''' ([[Roman numerals|MDCXXXI]]) was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the 10-day slower [[Julian calendar]]). <!-- 10-day span=Mon-Thu,Tue-Fri,Wed-Sat,Thu-Sun,Fr-Mo,Sa-Tu,Sun-Wed --> == Events of 1631 == === January - June === <!-- --> * [[February 5]] - [[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]] emigrates to [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. * [[February 16]] - [[Gustav Adolf Secondary School]] is founded in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] by Swedish king [[Gustav II Adolf]]. * [[May 10]] - [[Thirty Years' War]]: Imperial troops storm the German city of [[Magdeburg]] and massacre 20,000 inhabitants. * [[May 18]] - In [[Dorchester, Massachusetts]], [[John Winthrop]] takes the oath of office and becomes the first [[Governor of Massachusetts]]. * [[June 20]] - [[Algiers|Algerian]] pirates [[Sack of Baltimore|sack]] [[Baltimore, County Cork]] in [[Ireland]]. === July - December === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[September 17]] - [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Battle of Breitenfield (1631)]] - King [[Gustav II Adolf]] of [[Sweden]] defeats the Catholic League and the [[Holy Roman Empire]], ensuring religious liberty for the Protestant states of [[Germany]]. * [[October 10]] - [[Thirty Years' War]]: A [[Saxony|Saxon]] army takes over [[Prague]]. ===Undated=== * [[Moses Amyraut]]'s ''Traite des Religions'' is published. * The bell "Emmanuel" in [[Notre Dame de Paris]] is recast. * The [[Taj Mahal]]'s construction is started (it is finished in [[1653]]). * [[Mount Vesuvius|Mount Vesuvius]] erupts in [[Pompeii, Italy|Pompeii]]. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Katherine Philips]], Anglo-Welsh poet (d. [[1664]]) * [[February 20]] - [[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds]], English statesman (d. [[1712]]) * [[March 16]] - [[René Le Bossu]], French critic (d. [[1680]]) * [[May 2]] - [[John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl|Sir John Murray]], 1st Marquess of Atholl (d. [[1703]]) * [[July 15]] - [[Jens Juel (diplomat)|Jens Juel]], Danish diplomat (d. [[1700]]) * [[August 19]] - [[John Dryden]], English writer (d. [[1700]]) * [[September 3]] - [[William Stoughton (Massachusetts)|William Stoughton]], American judge at the Salem witch trials (d. [[1701]]) * [[November 4]] - [[Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange]] (d. [[1660]]) * [[December 14]] - [[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], English philosopher (d. [[1679]]) : ''See also [[:Category:1631 births]].'' ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Thomas Hobson]], English carrier and origin of the phrase "[[Hobson's choice]]" (b. [[1544]]) * [[March 31]] - [[John Donne]], English writer and prelate (b. [[1572]]) * [[May 6]] - [[Robert Bruce Cotton]], English politician (b. [[1570]]) * [[June 17]] - [[Mumtaz Mahal]], favorite wife of [[Shah Jahan]] (b. April [[1593]]) * [[June 21]] - [[John Smith of Jamestown]], English soldier and colonist (b. [[1580]]) * [[July 19]] - [[Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)|Cesare Cremonini]], Italian philosopher (b. [[1550]]) * [[July 28]] - [[Guillén de Castro y Bellvis]], Spanish dramatist (b. [[1569]]) * [[October 14]] - [[Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1631)]], Queen and regent of Denmark (b. [[1557]]) * [[December 23]] - [[Michael Drayton]], English poet (b. [[1563]]) : ''See also [[:Category:1631 deaths]].'' [[Category:1631| ]] [[af:1631]] [[am:1631 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1631]] [[an:1631]] [[ast:1631]] [[az:1631]] [[bn:১৬৩১]] [[map-bms:1631]] [[be:1631]] [[be-x-old:1631]] [[bh:१६३१]] [[bs:1631]] [[br:1631]] [[bg:1631]] [[ca:1631]] [[cv:1631]] [[cs:1631]] [[co:1631]] [[cy:1631]] [[da:1631]] [[de:1631]] [[et:1631]] [[el:1631]] [[es:1631]] [[eo:1631]] [[eu:1631]] [[fr:1631]] [[fy:1631]] [[ga:1631]] [[gd:1631]] [[gl:1631]] [[ko:1631년]] [[hy:1631]] [[hi:1631]] [[hr:1631.]] [[io:1631]] [[bpy:মারি ১৬৩১]] [[id:1631]] [[ia:1631]] [[os:1631]] [[is:1631]] [[it:1631]] [[he:1631]] [[jv:1631]] [[ka:1631]] [[sw:1631]] [[ht:1631 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[la:1631]] [[lb:1631]] [[lt:XVII amžiaus 4-as dešimtmetis#1631]] [[hu:1631]] [[mk:1631]] [[mi:1631]] [[mr:इ.स. १६३१]] [[ms:1631]] [[nah:1631]] [[nl:1631]] [[new:१६३१]] [[ja:1631年]] [[nap:1631]] [[no:1631]] [[nn:1631]] [[nrm:1631]] [[nov:1631]] [[oc:1631]] [[uz:1631]] [[pi:१६३१]] [[nds:1631]] [[pl:1631]] [[pt:1631]] [[ksh:Joohr 1631]] [[ro:1631]] [[ru:1631 год]] [[sa:१६३१]] [[sq:1631]] [[scn:1631]] [[sk:1631]] [[sl:1631]] [[szl:1631]] [[sr:1631]] [[su:1631]] [[fi:1631]] [[sv:1631]] [[tl:1631]] [[tt:1631]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2174]] [[tr:1631]] [[uk:1631]] [[vec:1631]] [[vo:1631]] [[zh-yue:1631年]] [[zh:1631年]]