[Game] Count to 10,000

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1621 Papal Conclave of 1621: Pope Gregory XV succeeds Pope Paul V as the 234th pope. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.

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1622 -  In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25.

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1623 The first American temperance law is enacted, in Virginia.

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1624 - Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible is publicly burned by order of the Pope.

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1625 Albrecht von Wallenstein is appointed German supreme commander.

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1626 - An earthquake strikes Naples, killing 10,000.

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1627 England places the first European settlers on Barbados.

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1628 - Oliver Cromwell makes first appearance in the English Parliament as Member for Huntingdon.

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1629 Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal Charter.

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1630 - The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.

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1631 Thirty Years' War: Sweden and France sign the Treaty of Bärwalde, a military alliance in which France provides funds for the Swedish army invading northern Germany.

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1632 - Antigua and Barbuda is first colonized by England.

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1633 Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. Galileo Galilei convicted of heresy by the Roman Catholic church. The Roman Catholic church forces Galileo Galilei to recant his heliocentric view of the solar system: Eppur si muove (Italian) (Which, in fact, he did not say).

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1634 Battle of Smolensk: King Ladislaus IV of Poland defeats the Russian army.

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1635 France declares war on Spain.