fleet of 41 ships is struck in the Gulf of Mexico by a powerful storm that sinks the ship San Miguel September 12 – The San Leoncio Day hurricane strikes the islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. September 16 – An estimated 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Arica (now part of Chile in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of Peru and collapses the city's fort, but causes no deaths. September 17 – Los Baños, Laguna, is founded by Spanish colonists on Luzon island in the Philippines. September 20 – Japanese diplomat Hasekura Tsunenaga and his entourage become the first officials from Japan to visit Italy, and are received in Rome by Cardinal Burgecio October–December October 5 – The Spánverjavígin, the last massacre to be carried out in Iceland, begins as 14 Basque Whalers from Spain are murdered at Thingeyri while sleeping. Another 18 are killed on October 13, including Captain Martín de Villafranca. The 31 had been survivors of a shipwreck on Iceland in September. October 27 – In Russia, the siege of Pskov ends with the withdrawal of Swedish Army troops. The siege is the last battle of the Ingrian War. November 3 – Japanese diplomat Hasekura Tsunenaga and his delegation are received Pope Paul V in Rome, and present a request for trade between the Roman Catholic Church and the Japanese Empire. November 7 – The Portuguese freighter Nossa Senhora da Luz, carrying 150 crew and a cargo of Chinese and Burmese goods, sinks in a storm near the Azores. November 22 – Alexandru Movilă is installed as Prince of Moldavia by Poland as Prince Ștefan IX Tomșa is driven from the throne. November 24 – King Louis XIII of France marries Princess Ana María Mauricia, the 14-year-old daughter of King Philip III of Spain. The two had been legally united in a marriage by proxy on October 18. November – The Mughals under Jahangir launch the first offensive against Kajali, a border post of the Ahom kingdom. December 2 – In the Venetian Republic, Giovanni Bembo is elected chief executive as the new Doge of Venice after the October 31 death of Marcantonio Memmo. December 6 – In England, John Winthrop, later governor of the future Massachusetts Bay Colony, marries his second wife (of four), Thomasine Clopton, daughter of William Clopton of Castleins, near Groton, Suffolk. December 18 – Francisco de Borja y Aragón becomes the new Viceroy of