Famous Birthdays Aug 19 Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1674) Born in 1621 Famous Deaths Aug 3 Guillaume du Vair, French writer and thinker, dies at 65 Aug 15 John Barclay, Scottish satirist writer and poet (Euphormio's Satyricon), dies at 39 Jul 1621 History by Year Sep 1621 What Happened in 1621 The First ThanksgivingDecember 4, 1621