March 6 Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict March 19 Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen April 29 Sweden and Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein June 7 English king Charles I accepts Petition of Rights June 9 1st deportation from what is now U.S., Thomas Morton from Mass August 1 Emperor Ferdinand II demands Austria Protestant convert to Catholicism August 10 Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed August 25 Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia August 27 Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia September 6 Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle September 8 Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet October 28 Hugenot bulwark La Rochelle surrenders to Cardinal Richelieu November 1 French king Louis XIII occupies La Rochelle November 24 John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy," premieres in London