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) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 24   In the year 1616 jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver  

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

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

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

Feb 26   Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo in the year 1616.  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 23   In the year 1616 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   On this day in history english King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen  

May 03   Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war on this day in history.  

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

Jun 12   In the year 1616 cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies  

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

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 31   Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Sep 01   On this day in history new England epidemic in Southern New England, especially the Wampanoag people killing 30-90% of population people  

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   Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 19   Eustache Le Sueur, French painter in the year 1616.  

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

Feb 19   Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born in the year 1616.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jun 01   On this day in history death of tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)  

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

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.