King James I of England/VI of Scotland granted William Alexander of Scotland a royal charter to colonize Acadia, a region that includes part of modern-day Southeastern Canada and the U.S. state of Maine, in an effort to establish a Scottish colonial empire in the New World.
The Parliament of Scotland ratified the Five Articles of Perth, which was meant to integrate the Church in Scotland with the Anglican Church. This unpopular move by James VI of Scotland would eventually lead to the rise of the Covenanters in Scotland.
Clan MacDonald killed rival Clan chief Malcolm MacFie, and occupied clan MacFie's Argyll islands. As a result, Clan MacFie was considered "disbanded" from 1623 until 1981. Source: Clan MacFie website
July 5- Battle of Stralsund occurs (at the same time that the siege of that city continued) in which Holy Roman Commander Albrecht von Wallenstein is defeated by a joint Swedo-Danish Force (with Scottish assistance as well) which eventually leads to the siege against Stralsund being lifted on August 4.
