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* The Norwegian city of [[Kristiansand]] is founded by King [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV of Denmark-Norway]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Phil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xArWDQAAQBAJ |title=The Rough Guide to Norway (Travel Guide eBook) |date=2017-03-30 |publisher=Rough Guides UK |isbn=978-0-241-30810-3 |pages=125 |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] found a trading colony on [[Dejima]], near [[Nagasaki]], Japan.
* The [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] adopts a law making witchcraft a capital crime.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Salem Witch Trials: Legal Resources|url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/collex/exhibits/salem-witch-trials-legal-resources/|publisher=University of Chicago Library|accessdate=2022-12-23}}</ref>          
* [[Moses Amyraut]]'s ''De l'elevation de la foy et de l'abaissement de la raison en la creance des mysteres de la religion'' is published.
* [[René Descartes]]' ''[[Meditations on First Philosophy]]'' is originally published.
* The town of [[Falun]], [[Sweden]] is given city rights by [[Christina, Queen of Sweden|Queen Kristina]].
* A massive [[epidemic]] breaks out in northern and central China, just three years before the fall of the [[Ming dynasty]]. It races south down along the [[Grand Canal of China]] and the densely populated settlements there, from the northern terminus at Beijing, to the fertile [[Jiangnan]] region. In some local areas and towns it wipes out 90% of the local populace.</onlyinclude>