Years: 1628 1629 1630 - 1631 - 1632 1633 1634

Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1631 in literature 1631 in science

Contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
• May 10 - During the Thirty Years' War imperial troops storm the German city of Magdeburg and commit a massacre. About 20,000 inhabitants are killed.
• May 18 - In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
• June 20 - Algerian pirates sack Baltimore, County Cork in Ireland.
• Moses Amyraut's Traite des Religions is published.
• The bell "Emmanuel" in Notre Dame de Paris is recast.

Year in topic

• 1631 in literature
• 1631 in science

Births

• Lady Anne Finch Conway née Anne Finch, philosopher (d. 1679)
• August 19 - John Dryden, poet and playwright (d. 1700)

Deaths

• March 31 - John Donne, English poet and writer.
• Isaac du Ryer , French poet (date approximate).
• John Smith of Jamestown