Historical Events In 1602

May 15 Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold

May 21 Martha's Vineyard first sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)

Jan 02 Spanish forces in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale

Jan 02 Spanish forces in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale

Jan 12 The birth of Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician

Jul 14 The birth of Jules Mazarin, French statesman

Mar 20 United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms

Mar 20 Dutch East India Company founded