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 in the year 1616.  

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

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

Jan 24   Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver on this day in history.  

Jan 30   William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury) on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 26   On this day in history spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo  

Feb 28   Kaspar Forster, composer in the year 1616.  

Mar 05   In the year 1616 copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index  

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

Mar 06   In the year 1616 malachias Siebenhaar, composer  

Mar 20   Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana in the year 1616.  

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

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   On this day in history netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England  

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

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

May 19   Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer on this day in history.  

Jun 12   Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies in the year 1616.  

Jul 11   On this day in history samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.  

Jul 20   On this day in history hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier  

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

Aug 07   Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies in the year 1616.  

Aug 08   Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 in the year 1616.  

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

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

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

Oct 02   A Gryphius, writer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 25   On this day in history vOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia  

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

Nov 20   In the year 1616 bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War  

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

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)  

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

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

Feb 28   Kaspar Forster, composer was born in the year 1616.  

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

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) in the year 1616.  

Apr 23   Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history death of hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier  

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