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   In the year 1616 antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 06   In the year 1616 francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)  

Mar 06   On this day in history malachias Siebenhaar, composer  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1616 andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies  

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

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

Aug 26   On this day in history 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   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 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  

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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 in the year 1616.  

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

Feb 19   In the year 1616 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 in the year 1616.  

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

Mar 06   In the year 1616 francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)  

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

Jun 01   Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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