1620s

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Events

• 1624 : The Dutch found the settlement of New Amsterdam , (Nieuw Amsterdam) on the Hudson River (now New York City ).
• Thirty Years War (1618-1648).

Personalities

• Louis XIII , King of France and Navarre
• Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu , cardinal
• Ferdinand II , Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia
• Philip IV , King of Spain, Naples, Sicily and Portugal
• Georg Wilhelm , Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg
• Urban VIII. , Pope
• Gregory XV. , Pope
• Osman II , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph
• Mustafa I , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph
• Murad IV , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph
• Kösem Mahpeyker , Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• Kyrillos I Lucaris , Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
• Michael I , Tsar in Russia
• Charles I , King of England, Scotland and Ireland
• James I , King of England, Scotland and Ireland
• Sigismund III. Wasa , King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
• Jahangir , Mughal Mughal of India
• Shah Jahan , Mughal Mughal of India
• Chongzhen , Emperor of China
• Tianqi , Emperor of China
• Meishō , Empress of Japan
• Go-Mizunoo , Emperor of Japan

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