What Happened in 1630

John Winthrop Delivers "City Upon a Hill" Sermon Aboard the Arbella, Heading En Route to Colonial America

Now the only way to avoid this shipwreck, and to provide for our posterity, is to follow the counsel of Micah, to do justly, to love mercy, to walk... Read more

Judith Leyster Paints Self-Portrait

The show’s centerpiece, a self-portrait from 1632-33, is a delight, lively and ingratiating. Leyster turns away from a half-finished canvas to... Read more

Rembrandt Paints Jeremiah Mourns the Destruction of Jerusalem

After his initial training in his native town of Leiden, Rembrandt spent a short but crucially important period in the studio of the history... Read more

The Winthrop Fleet Departs from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, for Colonial America

The group departed Yarmouth, Isle of Wight on April 8. Seven hundred men, women, and children were distributed among the ships of the fleet. The... Read more

The Wintrhop Fleet Arrives in Salem, Massachussets

The group departed Yarmouth, Isle of Wight on April 8. Seven hundred men, women, and children were distributed among the ships of the fleet. The... Read more

Sack of Magdeburg

The Sack of Magdeburg (German: Magdeburgs Opfergang or German: Magdeburger Hochzeit) refers to the siege and subsequent plundering of Magdeburg by... Read more