g of war between Sweden and Poland.

Discovery of the circulation of the blood by Harvey. See "HARVEY
DISCOVERS THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD," xi, 50.

Exploration of the bay, to which his name has been given, by Baffin.

Death of Shakespeare and Cervantes.

1617. Assassination of Mareschal d'Ancre, favorite of Marie de' Medici;
Marie is exiled.

Peace of Stolbova between Russia and Sweden; territory on the Baltic
ceded to Sweden.

1618. Execution of Raleigh.

Beginning of the Thirty Years' War. See "THE DEFENESTRATION AT PRAGUE,"
xi, 62.

Union of the Duchy of Prussia with the Electorate of Brandenburg.

Arminianism condemned by the Synod of Dort.

1619. Death of Emperor Matthias; succession of his cousin, Ferdinand II,
for some years his imperial colleague, and also King of Hungary and
Bohemia. The Bohemians depose him and elect Frederick to the throne.

Colonial Assembly at Jamestown, Virginia. See "FIRST AMERICAN
LEGISLATURE," xi, 76.

Foundation of Batavia by the Dutch as the seat of their power in the
East Indies.

"INTRODUCTION OF NEGROES INTO VIRGINIA." See xi, 81.

1620. Battle of the White Mountain; decisive defeat of the Protestants
of Bohemia; flight of Frederick, the newly elected king.

Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, New England. See "ENGLISH
PILGRIMS SETTLE AT PLYMOUTH," xi, 93.

Massacre of Protestants in the Valtelline; occupation of the territory
by the Spaniards.

Publication of Bacon's _Novum Organum_ See "BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENTIFIC
METHODS," xi, 116.

1621. Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, confesses his acceptance of
bribes; his downfall.

Dissolution of the Evangelical Union; continuation by Mansfield of the
war for the Elector Frederick V.

Introduction of cotton culture in Virginia.

Institution of Thanksgiving Day in New England.

War of the Huguenots, led by Rohan and Soubise, against Louis XIII.

1622. Founding of the Propaganda by Pope Gregory XV.

Publication of the first known regularly issued newspaper, _The Weekly
Newes_, in England.

Grant of a province containing parts of New Hampshire and Maine, to Sir
Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason.

New Netherland taken possession of by the Dutch West India Company.

Indian massacre in Virginia.

1623. Conquest and transfer of the Palatinate to the Duke of Bavaria,
Maximilian.

Building by the Dutch of Fort Orange, on the present site of Albany.

1624. Discordant factions in the French court pr