Publication of Bacon's Novum Organum See "Birth of Modern Scientific Methods," xi, [116].
1621. Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, confesses his acceptance of bribes; his downfall.
Dissolution of the Evangelical Union; continuation by Mansfield of the war for the Elector Frederick V.
Introduction of cotton culture in Virginia.
Institution of Thanksgiving Day in New England.
War of the Huguenots, led by Rohan and Soubise, against Louis XIII.
1622. Founding of the Propaganda by Pope Gregory XV.
Publication of the first known regularly issued newspaper, The Weekly Newes, in England.
Grant of a province containing parts of New Hampshire and Maine, to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason.
New Netherland taken possession of by the Dutch West India Company.