1631
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s |
| Years: | 1628 1629 1630 - 1631 - 1632 1633 1634 |
| 1631 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1631 (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).
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[edit] Events of 1631
[edit] January - June
- February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to 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 - Algerian pirates sack Baltimore, County Cork in Ireland.
[edit] July - December
- 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 Saxon army takes over Prague.
[edit] 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 erupts in Pompeii.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1631 MDCXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2384 |
| Armenian calendar | 1080 ԹՎ ՌՁ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -213 – -212 |
| Berber calendar | 2581 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2175 |
| Burmese calendar | 993 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7139 – 7140 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年十一月廿九日 (4267/4327-11-29) — to —
辛未年閏十一月初九日(4268/4328-intercalary 11-9) |
| Coptic calendar | 1347 – 1348 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1623 – 1624 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5391 – 5392 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1686 – 1687 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1553 – 1554 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4732 – 4733 |
| Holocene calendar | 11631 |
| Iranian calendar | 1009 – 1010 |
| Islamic calendar | 1040 – 1041 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 8 (寛永8年) |
| Korean calendar | 3964 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2174 |
- 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 - Sir John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl (d. 1703)
- July 15 - Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d. 1700)
- August 19 - John Dryden, English writer (d. 1700)
- September 3 - 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.
[edit] Deaths
- 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, 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.
