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Several days of Thanksgiving were held in early New England history that have been identified as the "First Thanksgiving", including Pilgrim holidays in Plymouth in 1621 and 1623, and a Puritan holiday in Boston in 1631.
The ninth Nanak, also known as Teg Bahadur Ji, was born in Amritsar in India.
The Bishop of Hildesheim and the Bishop of Lige was born in Munich, Germany.
Coen's troops landed on Lontor in the East Indies.
The Queen of Gustav I of Sweden was named Katarina Stenbock, her death in 1621 at 86 years of age.
The first governor of Plymouth Colony, John Carver, died at the age of 45.
After escaping prison, Hugo Grotius is in France.
Heneage Finch was the Lord Chancellor of England.
The English poet Andrew Marvell was born in Winestead, England.