Editing 1620 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 3]]
** Under the terms of the [[Treaty of Ulm (1620)|Treaty of Ulm]], the Protestant Union declares neutrality and ceases to support [[Frederick V of Bohemia]].
** Captain [[Andrew Shilling]], on behalf of the English [[Honourable East India Company]], lays claim to [[Table Bay]] in [[Africa]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ntsyoxWIB44C&q=east+india+company+1620+table+mountain|title=Cape Town &ndash; the Making of a City: an Illustrated Social History|first=Nigel|last=Worden|author2=Van Heyningen, Elizabeth|author3=Bickford-Smith, Vivian|year=1998|publisher=Uitgeverij Verloren |isbn=9065501614|access-date=2007-11-22}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] (July 15 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The armed merchant ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' embarks about 65 emigrants for New England at or near her home port of [[Rotherhithe]] on the Thames east of London; about July 29 (July 19 OS) she anchors in [[Southampton Water]].<ref name=Ames>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/mayflowerherlogj00ames|title=The ''May-Flower'' and Her Log|first=Azel|last=Ames|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|year=1901|access-date=2019-06-30}}</ref>
* [[August 1]] (July 22 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The ship ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' departs [[Delfshaven]] with English separatist [[Puritans]] from [[Leiden]] bound to rendezvous with the ''[[Mayflower]]''; on August 5 (July 26 OS) she anchors in Southampton Water.<ref name=Ames/>
* [[August 15]] (probable date; August 5 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; ''[[Mayflower]]'' and ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' depart together from Southampton,<ref name=Ames/> but are forced to put back into [[Dartmouth, Devon]], for repairs to a leak in the latter ship on August 22 or 23 (August 12 or 13 OS).
* [[August 7]]
** The mother of astronomer [[Johannes Kepler]] is arrested for [[witchcraft]].
** In a battle at [[Les Ponts-de-Cé]] in France, [[Louis XIII of France|King Louis XIII]] defeats troops led by his mother, [[Marie de' Medici]].<ref>{{cite book|title=National History of France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lm4TAQAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=AMS Press|page=22|language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 2]] (August 23 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; ''[[Mayflower]]'' and ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' depart together from Dartmouth; they are well out into the Atlantic when the ''Speedwell'' is again found to be leaking.<ref name=Ames/>
* [[September 7]] (August 28 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]])
** ''Mayflower'' and ''[[Speedwell (1577 ship)|Speedwell]]'' return again to England, anchoring at [[Plymouth]]; the  latter ship is given up as a participant in the voyage and on September 12 (September 2 OS) departs for London, most of her passengers and stores having been transferred to the ''Mayflower''.<ref name=Ames/>
** The Finnish town of [[Kokkola]] ({{langx|sv|Karleby}}) is founded by King [[Gustavus Adolphus|Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]].<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10956854 YLE: Kokkolan perustajasta puuveistos Suntin varteen] (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://www.kokkola.fi/kokkolan-kaupunki/tietoa-kokkolasta/historia/ Historia - Kokkola] (in Finnish)</ref>
* [[September 16]] (September 6 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; ''[[Mayflower]]'' departs from [[Plymouth]] in [[Kingdom of England|England]] on her third attempt to cross the Atlantic.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}}</ref> The [[Pilgrim (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] on board comprise 41 "saints" (English separatists largely from Holland), 40 "strangers" (largely secular planters from London), 23 servants and hired workers, together with c. 30 crew.
* [[September 17]]&ndash;[[October 7]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cecora (1620)|Battle of Cecora]]: The [[Ottoman Empire]] defeats [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]–[[Moldavia]]n troops.