| April 5 | 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments) |
| April 5 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe |
| April 14 | Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe |
| April 25 | Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms |
| June 7 | 2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no legislation |
| August 22 | Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase and plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt |
| August 23 | University of Groningen opens |
| September 1 | Vincent Fettmich expels Jews from Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany |
| October 2 | French king Louis XIII (13) declared an adult |
| November 12 | Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends |
| December 28 | Sperm whale beached at Noordwijk |
