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★16 Mar 1621
Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, strolled into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English.

★08 Apr 1630
Kiliaen van Rensselaer purchased land near present-day Albany, New York, to found the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, which became the most successful patroonship under the Dutch West India Company system.

★17 Sep 1630
Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony founded the city of Boston.

★26 May 1637
Pequot War: An allied Puritan and Mohegan force attacked a fortified Pequot village in the Connecticut Colony, killing between 400 and 700 people.

★27 Mar 1638
The first of four strong earthquakes struck Calabria in southern Italy, which resulted in up to 30,000 combined deaths.

★15 Apr 1638
A rebellion by Catholic Japanese peasants in Shimabara over increased taxes was put down by the Tokugawa shogunate, resulting in greater enforcement of the policy of national seclusion.

★22 Aug 1639
The East India Company bought a small strip of land on what is today Chennai, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, from the King of the Vijayanagara Empire, Peda Venkata Raya.

★09 Jul 1640
The Virginia Governor's Council made John Punch the first legally recognized slave in England's North American colonies.

★07 Sep 1642
First English Civil War: Royalist and Parliamentarian forces clashed in the Battle of Babylon Hill, after which both sides claimed victory.

★28 May 1644
English Civil War: Royalist troops allegedly slaughtered up to 1,600 people during their storm and capture of the town of Bolton.

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