Thirty Years War ends in Europe. Germany is in ruins. See also the Thirty Years War Page . There are now an estimated 40,000 people in the American Colonies. The Bubonic Plague, or Black Death, strikes London.
Dutch settlers stay in the area, under British control.
The Great Fire of London burns most of London, England to the ground. King Philip's War resulted in attacks on 52 of the 90 towns existing in Puritan New England and the leveling of 13 of them. 600 settlers were killed. The Indians were thoroughly defeated, as much from disease as from bullets. See also a page from the History of Holyoke, Massachusetts web site , that contains a compact history of this confilict, as well as the King Phillip's War Page - with rosters and other info on the participants for genealogists.