Also Within This Year in History:
1620
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.
On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers. The ship was headed for Virginia, where the colonists—half religious dissenters and half…
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…
One week after the Mayflower is anchored at Plymouth harbor in present‑day Massachusetts, construction of the first permanent European settlement in New England begins. On September 16, the Mayflower departed Plymouth,…
