February 25 Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts March 5 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia April 29 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru June 14 1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Reverend Gerville Pooley, Virginia files against Cicely Jordan, he loses August 6 Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII November 1 Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings
