Important Events
- Jun 3 Dutch West India Company (WIC) receives charter for The West Indies (The Americas, Caribbean and West Africa)
- Sep 21 King James I of England gives Sir William Alexander a royal charter for colonisation of Nova Scotia
Famous People Born in 1621
- Jan 27 Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)
- Feb 2 Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (d. 1679)
- Feb 14 Sybilla Schwarz, German baroque poet, born in Greifswald, Germany (d. 1638)
- Mar 7 Georg Neumark, German composer and poet, born in Langensalza (d. 1681)
- Mar 28 Heinrich Schwemmer, German composer, born in Gumpertshausen bei Hallburg, Lower Franconia (d. 1696)
World Leaders in 1621
James I and VI
King of Great Britain
James I and VIFamous Deaths
- Jan 28 Pope Paul V [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21) and persecutor of Galileo, dies at 68
- Feb 15 Michael Praetorius, German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at 50
- Feb 28 Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)
- Mar 31 Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621), dies at 42
- Apr 1 Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)