1620

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s

Years: 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 - 1620 - 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625

• English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. The Mayflower Compact is signed on November 11.
• November 8 - The Battle of White Mountain
• Two officers of the British East India Company attempt to claim the Table Mountain region (in present-day South Africa) for England, but fail.

Births

• February 16 - Friedrich Wilhelm, called "Great Elector" of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia (+ 1688)

Deaths

• March 1 - Thomas Campion, poet and composer