Historical Events In 1616

Jan 05   In the year 1616 samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 sets off to visit Petun (Tobacco) Nation, south of Nottawasaga Bay, with Father Le Caron.  

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

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

Jan 24   On this day in history jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver  

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

Feb 12   On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65  

Feb 19   In the year 1616 jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

Feb 26   In the year 1616 spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo  

Feb 28   Kaspar Forster, composer in the year 1616.  

Mar 05   On this day in history copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index  

Mar 06   On this day in history francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)  

Mar 06   On this day in history malachias Siebenhaar, composer  

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

Mar 26   On this day in history bristol England William Baffin c1584-1622 leaves on 5th voyage on 'Discovery'; will pass Greenland coast and sail north another 480 km.  

Mar 29   On this day in history johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer  

Apr 23   Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 in the year 1616.  

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

Apr 30   On this day in history english King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen  

May 03   On this day in history treaty of Loudun kills French civil war  

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

Jun 12   Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 11   Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec on this day in history.  

Jul 20   In the year 1616 hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier  

Jul 25   Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies in the year 1616.  

Aug 07   In the year 1616 vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies  

Aug 08   On this day in history cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68  

Aug 26   Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66 in the year 1616.  

Aug 31   In the year 1616 gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43  

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

Oct 02   A Gryphius, writer in the year 1616.  

Oct 10   Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 in the year 1616.  

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

Nov 19   On this day in history eustache Le Sueur, French painter  

Nov 20   On this day in history bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War  

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Jan 13   Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Feb 28   In the year 1616 birth of kaspar Forster, composer  

Mar 06   Malachias Siebenhaar, composer was born in the year 1616.  

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

May 19   Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born in the year 1616.  

Jan 06   In the year 1616 death of philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)  

Feb 12   In the year 1616 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65  

Mar 06   On this day in history francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)  

Apr 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1616 cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies  

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

Jul 25   On this day in history andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies