Historical Events Jan 13 Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) Jan 18 Ceremony held to name the Dutch base of Batavia in the East Indies (modern Jakarta) Events in 1621 Famous Birthdays Jan 27 Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) Born in 1621 Famous Deaths Jan 28 Pope Paul V [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21) and persecutor of Galileo, dies at 68 Dec 1620 History by Year Feb 1621 What Happened in 1621 The First ThanksgivingDecember 4, 1621
