What Happened in December 1621

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Dec 13 Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree

Dec 18 English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation

Games Forbidden at Christmas

Dec 25 Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony (now in Massachusetts) forbids game playing on Christmas Day

First Governor of Plymouth Colony William Bradford

James I Tears Out Protestation

Dec 30 English king James I tears out Protestation of Parliament page from the records, objecting to parliament commenting on foreign marriage alliance

Dec 31 Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor and Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II sign the Treaty of Mikulov, ending war between them

Events in 1621

Famous Birthdays

Dec 23 Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)
Dec 23 Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)

Born in 1621

Famous Deaths

Dec 13 Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
Dec 15 Charles d'Albert, duc of Luynes, French courtier, favourite of Louis XIII and Constable of France, dies at 43
Dec 30 Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)

What Happened in 1621

The First Thanksgiving
December 4, 1621

The First Thanksgiving