Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1621
Birthdays
- January 27 - Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)
- February 2 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian humanist (d. 1679)
- March 31 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (d. 1678)
- April 23 - William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)
- April 25 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery
- July 8 - Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (d. 1695)
- July 22 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
- August 19 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)
- September 5 - Juan Andrés Coloma, Spanish noble (d. 1694)
- September 8 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé
- November 20 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)
- December 23 - Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)
- December 23 - Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Deaths
- January 28 - Pope Paul V, (b. 1550)
- February 15 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (b. 1571)
- February 28 - Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)
- March 31 - Philip III of Spain, (b. 1578)
- April 1 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)
- April 15 - John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony
- June 8 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567)
- June 21 - Kryštof Harant, Polish soldier
- July 2 - Thomas Harriot, English astronomer
- July 10 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571)
- July 13 - Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (b. 1559)
- August 3 - Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)
- August 15 - John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)
- September 17 - Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542)
- September 24 - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)
- October 8 - Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist
- October 16 - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer (b. 1562)
- November 26 - Radulph Agas, English surveyor (C. 1540)
- December 13 - Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
- December 15 - Charles de Luynes, Constable of France (b. 1578)
- December 30 - Saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)
Events
- February 9 - Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
- February 17 - Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony.
- March 4 - Jakarta, Java is renamed Batavia.
- March 16 - Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
- March 22 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
- April 5 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain.
- May 24 - The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
- June 3 - The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands.
- June 21 - Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
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