Deaths on May 21

Elizabeth Poole

Died on May 21, 1664

Elizabeth Poole, English settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588)

Elizabeth Poole or Pole (25 August 1588 – 21 May 1654) was an English settler in Plymouth Colony who founded the town of Taunton, Massachusetts. She was the first woman known to have founded a town in the Americas.

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Elizabeth Poole
Taunton, Massachusetts

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Events on 1664

1 Aug

Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)
Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
24 Sep

New Amsterdam
The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England.