As early as 1620, the English statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon could write that typographical printing has " changed the whole face and state of things throughout the world ".

* Sir Francis Bacon ( 1561 – 1626 ) published Novum Organum in 1620, which outlined a new system of logic based on the process of reduction, which he offered as an improvement over Aristotle's philosophical process of syllogism.

The first recorded observation is attributed to English scholar Francis Bacon when he recorded in his 1620 Novum Organum that " It is well known that all sugar, whether candied or plain, if it be hard, will sparkle when broken or scraped in the dark.

The title page of Sir Francis Bacon's Instauratio Magna, 1620

The Pillars appear prominently on the engraved title page of Sir Francis Bacon's Instauratio Magna (" Great Renewal "), 1620, the foreword to his Novum Organum.

Among people associated with Deptford are Christopher Marlowe, who was murdered at Deptford Strand ; diarist John Evelyn ( 1620 – 1706 ) who lived at Sayes Court, and had Peter the Great ( 1672 – 1725 ) as a guest for about three months in 1698 ; and Sir Francis Drake who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard the Golden Hind in Deptford Docks.

Francis with an Angel Playing Violin, 1620

Taylor was also the first poet to mention the deaths of William Shakespeare and Francis Beaumont in print, in his 1620 poem, " The Praise of Hemp-seed ".

Francis Cooke, with son John, departed Plymouth, England on the Mayflower on September 6 / 16, 1620, the small 100 foot ship having 102 passengers with about 30 crew members.

* Francis Newport, 2nd Baron Newport ( 1620 – 1708 ) ( created Viscount Newport in 1675 and Earl of Bradford in 1694 )

* Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford ( 1620 – 1708 )

However Francis Bacon published his Novum Organum (" The New Organon ") as a scathing attack in 1620.

Whitelocke stood, on the whole, well with Francis Bacon, to whom he owed his investiture as Serjeant-at-law on 29 June 1620 and subsequent advancement on 29 October.

The concept of PDCA is based on the scientific method, as developed from the work of Francis Bacon ( Novum Organum, 1620 ).

The Baronetcy, of Derwentwater in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1620 for Francis Radclyffe.

The Novum Organum, full original title Novum Organum Scientiarum, is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon, written in Latin and published in 1620.

* Francis Bacon, Instauratio magna organum ( London, 1620 ).

The importance of these inventions to the Western world was perhaps first discussed by the British philosopher Francis Bacon ( 1561 – 1626 ), who in 1620 wrote: " Printing, gunpowder and the compass ... whence have followed innumerable changes, in so much that no empire, no sect, no star seems to have exerted greater power and influence in human affairs than these mechanical discoveries.

John Billington, his wife Elinor and two sons, John and Francis departed Plymouth, England on the Mayflower on September 6 / 16, 1620 with 102 passengers and about 30 crew members in a small 100 foot ship.

Other works were the great altars at Santa Clara in Seville and at San Miguel in Jerez, the Immaculate Conception and the realistic figure of Christ Crucified in Cristo de la Clemencìa, commissioned in 1603, in the sacristy of Seville cathedral ( illustration ); the figure of St John the Baptist, and the St Bruno ( 1620 ); a tomb for Don Pérez de Guzmán and his wife ( 1619 ); the highly realistic polychromed wood head and hands of St Ignatius of Loyola ( 1610 ) and of St Francis Xavier in the university church of Seville, where the costumed figures were used in celebrations.

In 1620 his domain was incorporated into the Duchy of Stettin, which he inherited on the death of his elder brother Francis.

In 1569 Henry married Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg (* 1545 – 22 October 1620 *, Schernebeck ), daughter of Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg.

* 1923 – Francis Tucker, South African race car driver ( d. 2008 )

* 1806 – Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire.

* 1920 – Francis Lynch, American politician ( d. 1993 )

* 1779 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter ( d. 1843 )

* 1946 – Francis Newton, American golfer ( b. 1874 )

* 1694 – Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher ( d. 1746 )

* 1969 – Stacy Francis, American singer and actress ( Ex Girlfriend )

* 1587 – Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.

* 1777 – Francis I of the Two Sicilies ( d. 1830 )

* 1881 – Francis Ford, American actor ( d. 1953 )

* 1893 – Francis Dvornik, Czech historian ( d. 1975 )

* 1549 – Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima ( Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549 ).

* 1960 – Cold War: in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.

* 1567 – Francis de Sales, Swiss bishop and saint ( d. 1622 )

b., pp. 716 – 726 ( 1844 ); William Francis Ainsworth, Euphrates Expedition, i. 401-418 ( 1888 ).

* 1740 – Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English merchant banker ( d. 1810 )

* 1950 – Francis Collins, American physician-geneticist

* 1982 – 1990 Sir Francis Graham-Smith

* 1786 – Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.

* 1804 – Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.

* 1954 – Trevor Francis, English footballer

* The Shadow Witness and The Doom of Saint Quirec, with Francis Burnand ( 1875 – 76 )

* 1953 – Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish " Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid " describing the double helix structure of DNA.

* 1541 – Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.

* 1506 – Francis Xavier, Spanish Roman Catholic missionary, co-founder of the Society of Jesus ( d. 1552 )