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Jan 05 Henry Lawes, English composer. 
Jan 13 Jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter
Jan 21 John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66.
Jan 28 British admiral Sir Francis Drake dies off the Panama coast and is buried at sea
Jan 31 Catholic League disjoins.
Mar 01 Plague in Spain
Mar 11 Isaac Elsevier, book publisher
Mar 23 Henry Unton, English diplomat
Mar 31 René Descartes, France, philosopher (he thought, therefore he was).
Mar 31 Rene Descartes, French philosopher is born.
Apr 17 Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais.
Apr 24 Pacificatie of Ireland drawn.
May 09 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter.
May 18 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya.
May 26 England, France and Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain.
May 27 Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies.
Jun 21 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov.
Jun 22 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java
Jun 30 English/Dutch fleet reach Cadiz.
Jul 05 English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz
Jul 17 At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya.
Jul 29 Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84
Aug 03 David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star).
Aug 09 Henry van Cuyk is recorded as becoming bishop of Roermond.
Aug 19 Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I
Aug 26 Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain).
Sep 03 Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker (Stradivari and Guarneri).
Sep 04 Constantine Huygens, Dutch poet/diplomat (Delightful Folly).
Sep 05 Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java.
Sep 07 Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java.
Sep 09 Anna Jagiellon, Polish Queen.
Sep 13 Pieter D Keyzer/Keyser, astronomer/navigator (Java).
Sep 20 Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
Sep 23 Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher
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