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* First British colonists arrive on [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Saint Helena]].
* Spanish Infanta [[Maria Theresa of Spain|Maria Theresa]] brings [[Hot chocolate|cocoa]] to Paris.
* [[Diego Velázquez]]'s portrait of Infanta Maria Theresa is first exhibited.
* [[Thomas Hobbes]] publishes ''De Homine''.
* Parisian police raid a monastery, sending monks to prison for eating meat and drinking wine during [[Lent]].
* Drought occurs in India.<ref>{{cite book|author=Khadg Singh Valdiya|title=Coping with Natural Hazards: Indian Context|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhUXtA6qSF4C&pg=PA219|year=2004|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-2735-5|pages=219}}</ref>
* Peter Swink, the first known non-white settler to own land in Massachusetts, and first known African to live in Springfield, Massachusetts, arrives. He holds a seat in the town meetings.</onlyinclude>