Deaths on May 6

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington

Died on May 6, 1631

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570)

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (22 January 1570/1 – 6 May 1631) of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington in Huntingdonshire, England, was a Member of Parliament and an antiquarian who founded the Cotton library.

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Events on 1631

25 Feb

Cardinal Richelieu
François de Bassompierre, a French courtier, is arrested on Richelieu's orders.
18 May

John Winthrop
In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
20 May

Sack of Magdeburg
The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
17 Jun

Taj Mahal
Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
20 Jun

Baltimore, County Cork
The sack of Baltimore: The Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.

Deaths on May 6

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington

Died on May 6, 1631

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Cardinal Richelieu

John Winthrop

Sack of Magdeburg

Taj Mahal

Baltimore, County Cork