Year by year · 17th century
1621
1621 in world history: 5 events, 8 births, 6 deaths, 3 states founded and 1 that came to an end. 1,075 recorded states existed that year.
Events
Plymouth Colony makes a treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoag
The settlers of Plymouth Colony under Governor John Carver made a treaty of mutual defence with Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoag, with Tisquantum interpreting. Massasoit kept the peace with the English until his death around 1661.
Dutch West India Company receives its charter
The States General granted the company a trade monopoly in the Americas and West Africa. It founded New Netherland, seized part of Brazil and became a major Atlantic slave trader.
Campaign
Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands
The Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands was the seizure of these nutmeg-producing islands in 1621 by the Dutch East India Company under Jan Pieterszoon Coen.
Battle
Battle of Khotyn (1621)
The Battle of Khotyn was fought in September and October 1621 at the fortress of Khotyn on the Dniester, where a Polish-Lithuanian army under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, aided by Zaporozhian Cossacks, withstood a much larger Ottoman army led by Sultan Osman II.
Wars and longer events
Born in 1621 8
Died in 1621 6
States founded 3
States that came to an end 1
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