Historical Events In 1602
Mar 20 United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
Mar 20 Dutch East India Company founded
May 15 Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
May 21 Martha's Vineyard first sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
Jul 14 The birth of Jules Mazarin, French statesman
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
