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In a year marked by exploration, colonization, religious conflict and scientific progress, the Pilgrims made their first landfall in North America, arriving in what is now Massachusetts aboard their ship, the Mayflower. In Europe, the Thirty Years’ War, a conflict largely between Catholic and Protestant rulers, entered a third year, on its way to becoming one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts in history. And on a happier note, an English traveler visiting Turkey recorded seeing the earliest known children’s merry-go-round.
Dec
18
Mayflower arrives at Plymouth Harbor
On December 18, 1620, with the English ship Mayflower anchored in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, a small party of sailors from the vessel go ashore, as its passengers prepare to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony.
The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts, 1620. Painting by by William Halsall, 1882. (Photo by Barney Burstein/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
Corbis/VCG via Getty Images
Dec
23
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