Major Events
- Jul 31 Pilgrim Fathers depart Leiden, Netherlands for England on their way to America
- Aug 15 Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims
- Sep 16 The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World [O.S. Sep 6]
- Nov 3 Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony
- Nov 11 Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims at Cape Cod, the 1st framework of government in the territory that is now the USA [N.S. Nov 21]
- Nov 19 The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast
- Dec 11 Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore in Plymouth Bay, traditionally thought to be at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [NS: Dec 21]
- Dec 21 Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore in Plymouth Bay, traditionally thought to be at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [OS: Dec 11] [some sources disagree, and OS/NS adds to confusion, could be +/- several days]
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Who Died in 1620
- Jan 17 Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59
- Feb 19 Roemer Pieterszoon Visscher, Dutch poet, buried in Amsterdam at about 73
- Mar 9 Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59
- Mar 17 Jan Sarkander, Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint dies from injuries caused by torturing at 43
- Mar 25 Johannes Nucius, German composer and musicologist, dies at about 64 [exact birthday uncertain]
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