January 18 1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston January 18 Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting January 24 Battle at Nantwich Cheshire: Parliamentary armies win February 5 1st U.S. livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut March 7 Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies March 14 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) March 19 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide March 31 Pope Urbanus VIII and duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara April 29 Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China and flees Peking May 6 Johan Mauritius resigns as governor of Brazil May 23 Johan Mauritius van Nassau resigns as head of Civil rights activists June 11 Florentine scientist describe invention of barometer July 2 Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists September 2 Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux' infantry surrenders September 5 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent September 15 Giambattista Pamfili replaces Pope Urban VII as Innocent X September 17 French troops occupy Mainz October 23 Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Admiral Thijssen beats Denen October 27 2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies November 19 1st protestant ministry society in New England December 4 1st European peace congress opens in Munster
