* 1631 – John Dryden, English poet and playwright ( d. 1700 )

Other notable 17th-century outbreaks were the Italian Plague ( 1629 – 1631 ); the Great Plague of Seville ( 1647 – 1652 ); the Great Plague of London ( 1665 – 1666 ); and the Great Plague of Vienna ( 1679 ).

* Richard Cumberland ( philosopher ) ( 1631 – 1718 ), bishop and philosopher

# Francesco Maria II della Rovere ( 1549 – 1631 )-duchy abolished, title continued

* 1588 – Constance of Austria, queen of Poland ( d. 1631 )

* 1550 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher ( d. 1631 )

* 1631 – Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher ( d. 1679 )

* 1631 – François de Bassompierre, a French courtier, arrested by Richelieu's orders.

* 1631 – Roger Williams emigrates to Boston.

* 1631 – The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates.

* 1701 – William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials ( b. 1631 )

* 1570 – Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician ( d. 1631 )

* 1580 – ( baptised ) John Smith of Jamestown ( d. 1631 )

* 1631 – Jens Juel, Danish diplomat ( d. 1700 )

* Arma Suecica, 1631 – 1634, in 12 parts, describing the history of the wars of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

* 1628 – 1631: Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II

* 1631 – 1636: El-Oualid

* 1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.

* 1700 – John Dryden, English writer ( b. 1631 )

* 1631 – Publication of La Gazette, first French newspaper.

* 1631 – The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years ' War.

* 1631 – René Le Bossu, French critic ( d. 1680 )

Mumtaz died in Burhanpur in 1631, while giving birth to their fourteenth child, a healthy baby girl.

* April – Mumtaz Mahal, Persian wife of Shah Jahan I ( d. 1631 )

Mumtaz Mahal ( 6 April 1593 – 17 June 1631 ) ( Persian, ; meaning " the chosen one of the palace ") born as Arjumand Banu Begum () was a Mughal Empress and chief consort of emperor Shah Jahan.

Mumtaz died in Burhanpur in 1631 AD ( 1040 AH ), while giving birth to their fourteenth child.

Upon the death of Mumtaz Mahal in 1631, Jahanara, aged 17, took the place of her mother as First Lady of the Empire, despite her father having three other wives.

On 7 June 1631, Shah Jahan lost his beloved & favourite wife Mumtaz Mahall at Burhanpur, and her body was buried at first in the Garden of Zainabad, across the river Tapti.

* 1631: Death of Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and the lady of Taj Mahal, Agra.

* 1631 AD-Shahjahan builds Shish Mahal ( Mirror Palace ).

Muhammad Salih Tahtawi of Sindh headed the task of creating a massive, seamless celestial globe using a secret wax casting method in the Mughal Empire, the famous celestial globe of Muhammad Salih Tahtawi is inscribed with Arabic and Persian language | Persian inscriptions and was completed in the year 1631 during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.

The city is also well known for the 1631 Sack of Magdeburg, which hardened Protestant resistance during the Thirty Years ' War.

In 1631, during the Thirty Years ' War, imperial troops under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, stormed the city and committed a massacre, killing about 20, 000 inhabitants and burning the town in the sack of Magdeburg.

* 1631 – Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War.

The English East India Company published an extensive pamphlet in 1631, setting out its case against the Dutch VOC, and this was used for anti-Dutch propaganda during the First Anglo-Dutch War.

In April 1631, during the Thirty Years ' War, Frankfurt was the site of the Battle of Frankfurt an der Oder between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire.

It was besieged by Sweden on 12 June 1631 and surrendered on 16 June when imperial commander Perusi was shot during a ride.

While Władysław, and his father Sigismund, tried to ensure Władysław's election during Sigismund's life, this was not a popular option for the nobility, and it repeatedly failed, up to and including at the sejm of 1631.

It suffered severely during the Hussite Wars, during the Swedish invasion in 1631 and 1647, and in the War of the Austrian Succession in 1742.

According to Hans Baldung Grien ( ca 1484-1545 ) and Pierre de Rostegny, aka De Lancre ( 1553 – 1631 ) human flesh was eaten during Sabbats, preferably children, and also human bones stewed in a special way.

The last independent entity, the Duchy of Urbino, was dissolved in 1631, and from then on, Marche was firmly part of the Papal States except during the Napoleonic period.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC ( 22 July 1621 – 21 January 1683 ), known as Anthony Ashley Cooper from 1621 to 1631, as Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Baronet from 1631 to 1661, and as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672, was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and during the reign of King Charles II.

In 1631, during the Thirty Years ' War, the emissaries of George William, Elector of Brandenburg met at Köpenick-then some distance outside Berlin-with the approaching army of Gustav Adolph, King of Sweden, in a vain effort to stop the ongoing devastation of Brandenburg.

Attempting to remain neutral during the war, Maximilian signed the secret Treaty of Fontainebleau ( 1631 ) with the Kingdom of France, but this proved worthless.

In this work he briefly provides hints on his whereabouts during his absence from Edo Castle from 1631 to 1643-traveling the countryside in perfecting his skills.

The premise involves a small American town of three thousand ' Hillbillies ' sent back to April 1631, in an alternate Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years ' War.

In 1631, during the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 1648 ) Magdeburg was raided, and only a small group of 4000 citizens survived the murdering, raping, and looting ( known as the sack of Magdeburg ) by seeking refuge in the cathedral.

The communion rail is a survivor of the old church, having been carved by Grinling Gibbons during the period when John Donne served as vicar ( 1624 – 1631 ).

Edmund Hickeringill ( 1631 – 1708 ) was an English churchman who lived during the period of the Commonwealth and the Restoration.

* The Treaty of Fontainebleau ( 1631 ), signed on 30 May 1631 between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and the Kingdom of France, established a secret alliance between the two Catholic states during the Thirty Years ' War