1621

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1590s  1600s  1610s  – 1620s –  1630s  1640s  1650s
Years:	1618 1619 1620 – 1621 – 1622 1623 1624

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1621 Media

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  September 29: The First Thanksgiving the New World as imagined by Jennie A. Brownscombe in 1914

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  The Siege of Montauban.

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  Thomas Willis (27 January 1621 – 11 November 1675)

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  Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis

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  Erzsébet Thurzó, daughter of Imre Thurzó and wife of István esterházy

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  William Penn

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  Rutger von Ascheberg born 2 June

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  Painting of Edward Proger

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  • Latin: Papa Paulus Vtitle QS:P1476,la:"Papa Paulus V"*label QS:Lla,"Papa Paulus V"
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  Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, potrait by Ottavio Leoni

1621 (MDCXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1621st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 621st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1620s decade. As of the start of 1621, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• February 9 – Gregory XV is elected pope.
• February 17 – Miles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth Colony.
• March 16 – Samoset, a Wampanoag, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
• March 22 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
• April 5 – The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to Great Britain.
• The Swedish city of Gothenburg is founded by Gustavus Adolphus
• Riga falls under rule of Sweden
• Willebrord Snell discovers the laws of refraction.