🕰️ Year
What Happened in 1620 — Events, Births & Deaths
1620 brings together 3 events, 0 birthdays and 0 deaths recorded across history.
June 1
- June 29
English crown bans tobacco growing in England, giving the Virginia Company a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound.
October 1
- October 6
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth suffers a defeat against the Ottoman Empire in the battle of Cecora after a heroic defense over several days and the death of their commander Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski.
December 1
- December 21
Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land near what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.