1619
Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. July 30 - In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time. 16 November - foundation of William Parker School, Hastings by the will of Rev William Parker. December 4 - Thirty-eight colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by some to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas). Slaves are first brought to the Americas. Ferdinand II elected as Holy Roman Emperor. England establishes its first outpost in India. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth reaches the height of its territorial extent.
Births February 24 - Charles Le Brun, French painter and art theorist March 6 - Cyrano de Bergerac, soldier, poet
Deaths March 4 - Anne of Denmark, Consort of James I of England March 13 - Richard Burbage, English actor March 20 - Mathias, Holy Roman Emperor May 13 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman August 30 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord October 14 - Samuel Daniel, Egnlish poet (b. 1562) Hans Lippershey, Dutch lensmaker (b. 1570(?))
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