January 3 Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel" January 3 Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens January 5 Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues February 11 Dutch countess Louise of Solms marries earl John of Brederode February 28 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh March 3 Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden March 22 Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony March 29 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans) May 7 Cornelis S. Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited) May 14 Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon June 1 1st earthquake recorded in U.S., at Plymouth, Mass June 25 Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in U.S. August 9 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx September 1 French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam November 8 Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts December 17 French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine
