calendar) – Abba Yoannis El-Mallawany of Egypt becomes the new head of the Coptic Christian Church as Pope John XV of Alexandria succeeding the late Pope Mark V, who died on September 11. October–December October 8 – Thirty Years' War – The Treaty of Munich is signed by Ferdinand II and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. November 16 – William Parker School, Hastings, England, is founded by the will of Reverend William Parker. November 23 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Humenné – Polish Lisowczycy troops assist the Holy Roman Emperor by defeating a Transylvanian force, forcing Gabor Bethlen to raise his siege of Vienna. December 4 – Thirty-eight colonists from England disembark in Berkeley Hundred, Virginia from the Margaret of Bristol and have a day of celebration to give thanks to God, in what is considered by some historians to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas. Date unknown Jahangir grants a British mission important commercial concessions at Surat, on the west coast of India. Salé Rovers declare the port of Salé on the Barbary Coast to be the Republic of Salé, independent of the Sultan of Morocco, with the Dutch-born corsair Jan Janszoon as president. The Danish–Dutch whaling settlement of Smeerenburg is founded in Svalbard. An expedition in Sri Lanka, led by Filipe de Oliveira, deposes and executes the last Jaffna king (Cankili II), putting an end to the Jaffna Kingdom. A Spanish expedition sails around Tierra del Fuego, mapping the coast and discovering the Diego Ramírez Islands. Births January–March January 10 – Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1698) January 14 Thomas Archer, English politician (d. 1685) Alexander von Spaen, German general (d. 1692) January 17 – Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Hadamar, by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Harzgerode (d. 1647) January 21 Anders Bording, Danish writer (d. 1677) John Rashleigh, English politician (d. 1693) January 24 – Yamazaki Ansai, Japanese philosopher (d. 1682) January 30 – Michelangelo Ricci, Roman Catholic cardinal, mathematician (d. 1682) February 1 – Robert Phelips, English politician (d. 1707) February 2 – Walter Charleton, English natural philosopher (d. 1707) February 9 – Queen Inseon, Korean royal consort (d. 1674) February 15 – Tsugaru Nobuyoshi, Japanese daimyō (d. 1655) February 24 Robert Aske, merchant in the City of London (d. 1689) Charles Le Brun, French painter and art theorist (d. 1690) February 26 – Francesco Morosini, Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694