Peerage
Created Viscount St Alban
Historical events in 1621
42 historical records
February 16211 historical events
May 16213 historical events
Impeachment
Parliament fines Bacon & declares him incapable of holding office
Trial
Parliament fines Bacon & declares him incapable of holding office
Treaty of Lubeck
Christian IV renounces his claims to Bishoprics within the Empire
September 16214 historical events
Capture of Riga
Captures Riga
Invasion of Estonia
Invades Estonia & captures Riga
Capture of Riga
Captures Riga
Invasion of Estonia
Invades Estonia & captures Riga
December 16215 historical events
Dissolution of Parliament
Asked by Parliament to defend German Protestants
Parliament
Asked by Parliament to find a Protestant wife for the Prince of Wales
Constitution of England
Tells Parliament "not to meddle with anything concerning Government"
Parliament
Tells Parliament "not to meddle with anything concerning Government"
Parliament
Tears out the Parliaments protestations from the Commons journal
Capital
The Manchus drive the Ming from the Liao Basin & attack Mukden
Capital
Captures the city of Mukden
Capture of Liaoyang
Captures the city of Liaoyang
Rule of Hamburg
Hamburg is forced to accept Danish sovereignty
Trial
Confesses to bribery in chancery suits, fined 40,000 pounds, later remitted by the King
Lord Chancellor
Appointed Lord Chancellor
Constitution of England
Claims the right to punish any Member of Parliament who commits a "misdemeanor"
Parliament
Opens Parliament for the 1st time in 6 yrs
Parliament
Rebuked by Parliament, had ordered MPs not to "meddle" in affairs of State. Claims the right to punish any Member of Parliament who commits a "misdemeanor"
Foreign Policy Debate
Wentworth supported a cautious foreign policy and opposed costly continental warfare.
Re-election to Parliament
Wentworth returned to Parliament as one of Yorkshire's knights of the shire.
Birth of Anthony Ashley-Cooper
Birth of Anthony Ashley-Cooper
Master of the Robes
Appointed Master of the Robes to the Prince of Wales
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Ludlow
Peerage
Created Baron Brooke, 1st
Creation as Baron Brooke
Fulke Greville receives the peerage title Baron Brooke.
Bacon Falls From Judicial Office
Parliament investigated Bacon over acceptance of gifts in judicial matters and he acknowledged misconduct. His removal from office left him more time for writing while permanently damaging his public reputation.
Bacon Plans Reform After Impeachment
Following his disgrace Bacon returned to projects for intellectual and legal reform. His later writings combined frustrated hopes of rehabilitation with renewed commitment to systematic inquiry.
Death of Robert Tounson
Death of Robert Tounson
Parliament
Opens Parliament to fund a war in Europe but it makes a grant to the Protestants
Birth of Louis II de Bourbon
Birth of Louis II de Bourbon
Governor
Appointed Governor of Bohemia & becomes a walord in his own right
Succession
Succeeds as Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
Succession
Succeeds as King of Hungary
Succession
Succeeds as Prince of Transylvania, 1648-1660
Pope
Appointed Pope
Death of Jan Karol Chodikiewicz
Death of Jan Chodikiewicz
Succession
Succeeds as King of Spain
Declaration of War
Declares war after a 12 yr humiliating truce with The Netherlands