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| + | * [[June 2]] - [[Isaac van Ostade]], Dutch painter (d. [[1649]])– [[Andrew Marvell]], English metaphysical poet and politician (d. [[1678]]) | ||
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1621 was the 21st year of the 17th century, and the 2nd year of the 1620s decade.
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Events
- March 31 – King Philip IV of Spain begins his 44-year rule.
- April – The Twelve Years' Truce between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire expires, and both sides prepare to resume the Eighty Years' War.
- June 3 – The Dutch West India Company is founded.
- June 21 – Thirty Years' War: Twenty-seven Czech lords are executed on the Old Town Square in Prague, as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
Art and culture
Literature
Fiction
Non-fiction
- The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Visual art
Music
Architecture
Births
- January 27 – Thomas Willis, English doctor who played an important part in the history of anatomy (d. 1675)
- March 31
- April 25 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman and dramatist (d. 1679)
- May 25 – David Beck, Dutch portrait painter (d. 1656)
- June 2 - Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (d. 1649)– Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet and politician (d. 1678)
Deaths
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