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

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

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

Jan 30   In the year 1616 william Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury)  

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   In the year 1616 spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo  

Feb 28   On this day in history kaspar Forster, composer  

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 in the year 1616.  

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

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

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

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

Apr 23   On this day in history netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England  

Apr 30   In the year 1616 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   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   On this day in history andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies  

Aug 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1616 johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66  

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

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   In the year 1616 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   VOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia in the year 1616.  

Nov 19   Eustache Le Sueur, French painter on this day in history.  

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Jan 13   In the year 1616 birth of antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic  

Jan 16   François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born in the year 1616.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 06   Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) died on this day in history.  

Feb 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1616.  

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