5th February » Roger Williams (theologian) named Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.
18th May » In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
30th May » Publication of 'La Gazette or Gazette de France', the first France called French newspaper.
17th June » Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
20th June » The sack of Baltimore: the Ireland Irish village of Baltimore, County Cork Baltimore is attacked by Algerian piracy pirates.
10th October » An Electorate of Saxony army takes over Prague.
Famous Birthdays in 1631
20th February » Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician (d. 1712)
3rd March » Esaias Boursse, Dutch painter (d. 1672)
16th March » René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
15th July » Jens Juel (diplomat) called Jens Juel, Danish politician and diplomat, Governor-general of Norway (d. 1700)
9th August » John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1700)
3rd October » Sebastian Anton Scherer, German organist and composer (d. 1712)
4th November » Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1660)
14th December » Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)
Famous Deaths in History for 1631
31st March » John Donne, English lawyer and poet (b. 1572)
6th May » Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570)
21st June » John Smith (explorer) named John Smith, English admiral and explorer (b. 1580)
19th July » Cesare Cremonini (philosopher) called Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1550)
28th July » Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish playwright (b. 1569)
8th August » Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)
20th October » Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)
23rd December » Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (b. 1563)