Timeline September 1620

Events in September 1620 3

• 1582 – 1620 Taichang Emperor (1582-1620) Died 26 September 1620, aged 38 Zhu Changluo succeeded his father, the Wanli Emperor, in August 1620 but reigned less than a month before dying suddenly, reportedly after taking a purgative prescribed by a court official. His unexplained death, following an earlier assassination attempt against him known as the Case of the Red Cudgel, became one of the most notorious scandals of the late Ming court. He was succeeded by his son, the Tianqi Emperor.
• 1620 Mayflower departs for the New World Pilgrim and other colonists sail from Plymouth, England The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, carrying about 102 passengers, many of them Separatist Puritans seeking religious freedom in North America. The ship had earlier been forced back twice after its companion vessel, the Speedwell, proved unseaworthy. The roughly two-month Atlantic crossing brought the colonists far north of their intended destination in Virginia.
• 1620 Battle of Cecora Ottoman and Tatar forces defeat a Polish-Lithuanian army in Moldavia An Ottoman and Crimean Tatar army destroyed a Polish-Lithuanian expeditionary force near the Prut River in Moldavia. Grand Hetman Stanislaw Zolkiewski was killed covering the retreat, and the defeat opened the way for a much larger Ottoman invasion of the Commonwealth the following year. It was the opening engagement of the Polish-Ottoman War of 1620-1621.