War: Battle of White Mountain – Catholic forces are victorious in only two hours near Prague. November 21 (November 11 OS) – The Mayflower arrives inside the tip of Cape Cod (named from the Concord voyage of 1602), at what becomes known as Provincetown Harbor, with the Pilgrims and Planters; 41 Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of the colony, on board the ship. November 25 – The Wedding of Gustav II Adolf and Maria Eleonora takes place. December 21 – Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what becomes known as Plymouth Rock, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Date unknown "A Dutch Ship, putting in this Year [of 1620, before June], sold 20 Negroes to the Colony [as slaves], which were the first of that Generation, that were ever brought to Virginia." A severe frost in England freezes the River Thames; 13 continuous days of snow blanket Scotland. On Eskdale Moor, only 35 of a flock of 20,000 sheep survive. Witch-hunts begin in Scotland. History of submarines: Cornelis Drebbel demonstrates the first navigable undersea boat in the Thames in England. The modern violin is developed. Juan Pablo Bonet, teacher of deaf children in the Spanish court, creates a sign alphabet. Francis Bacon publishes the Novum Organum (beyond Aristotle's Organon) on logical thinking. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas and Origin and progress of the disturbances in the Netherlands by Johannes Gysius is re-published in the Netherlands. Shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada restores Osaka Castle. Its modern-day appearance dates from this remodeling. Ongoing The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) continues (principally on the territory of modern-day Germany). Births January–March January 1 William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of England (d. 1684) Robert Morison, Scottish botanist and taxonomist (d. 1683) January 5 – Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian military commander (d. 1664) January 9 – Anton Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (d. 1666) January 17 – Anton Janson, Dutch type founder and printer (d. 1687) January 31 – Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Dutch general and German field marshal (d. 1692) February 1 – Gustaf Bonde, Swedish politician (d. 1667) February 3 – Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet, English landowner (d. 1702) February 5 – Paul Barbette, Dutch physician (d. 1666) February 13 – Girolamo Casanata, Italian cardinal (d. 1700) February 15 – François Charpentier, French archaeologist and man of letters (d. 1702)