Historical Events In 1616

Jan 05   Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 sets off to visit Petun (Tobacco) Nation, south of Nottawasaga Bay, with Father Le Caron on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)  

Jan 13   Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic in the year 1616.  

Jan 24   Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver in the year 1616.  

Jan 30   On this day in history william Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury)  

Feb 12   John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 in the year 1616.  

Feb 19   Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 26   Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo on this day in history.  

Feb 28   Kaspar Forster, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 05   Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index in the year 1616.  

Mar 06   Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) in the year 1616.  

Mar 06   Malachias Siebenhaar, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 20   Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana on this day in history.  

Mar 26   In the year 1616 bristol England William Baffin c1584-1622 leaves on 5th voyage on 'Discovery'; will pass Greenland coast and sail north another 480 km.  

Mar 29   Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer in the year 1616.  

Apr 23   On this day in history miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69  

Apr 23   Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England in the year 1616.  

Apr 30   In the year 1616 english King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen  

May 03   In the year 1616 treaty of Loudun kills French civil war  

May 19   On this day in history johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer  

Jun 12   On this day in history cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies  

Jul 11   In the year 1616 samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.  

Jul 20   Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier in the year 1616.  

Jul 25   Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 07   On this day in history vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies  

Aug 08   In the year 1616 cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68  

Aug 26   Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Aug 31   Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1616.  

Sep 01   New England epidemic in Southern New England, especially the Wampanoag people killing 30-90% of population people in the year 1616.  

Sep 15   On this day in history the first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.  

Oct 02   In the year 1616 a Gryphius, writer  

Oct 10   On this day in history maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60  

Oct 25   In the year 1616 vOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia  

Nov 19   In the year 1616 eustache Le Sueur, French painter  

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Jan 13   On this day in history birth of antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic  

Jan 16   François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 30   William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury) was born in the year 1616.  

Feb 19   On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

Feb 28   On this day in history birth of kaspar Forster, composer  

Mar 06   In the year 1616 birth of malachias Siebenhaar, composer  

Mar 29   In the year 1616 birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer  

May 19   In the year 1616 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer  

Jan 06   Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) died in the year 1616.  

Feb 12   John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Mar 06   Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.  

Apr 23   In the year 1616 miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69  

Jun 01   In the year 1616 death of tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)  

Jun 12   On this day in history cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies  

Jul 20   Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier died on this day in history.  

Jul 25   Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies on this day in history.