Births on June 16

Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier and politician (d. 1675)

Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall (16 June 1606 – 18 March 1675), was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.

31 Jan

Guy Fawkes
Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and King James.
19 Dec

Godspeed (ship)
The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.