Births on April 21

Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Dutch-English painter (d. 1700)

Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten (21 April 1630 – 10 July 1700) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes and genre scenes.

6 Jul

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
25 Aug

Battle of Randeniwela
Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.