Feb 08 Pierre de Gua de Monts c1558-1628 forms de Monts Trading Company with Champlain and Gravé du Pont; Canada's first chartered company

Nov 01 William Shakespeare's tragedy"Othello" is presented

May 12 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius

Jan 21 Tsar Ivan IV defeats the False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar

Jan 16 At the Hampton Court Conference in England, John Rainolds presents to King James I the motion '...that there might bee a newe translation of the Bible.' Approved the next day, Rainolds' motion leads to the 1611 publication of the King James' Bible

Oct 08 The supernova called "Kepler's nova" is First sighted