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Historical Events In 1608

Friday, 31 March 2023

Jan 07   Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 28   On this day in history giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 06   In the year 1608 antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 26   John Still, English bishop on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 18   Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   On this day in history earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 25   Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII/general in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   In the year 1608 the Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   On this day in history claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna" premieres in Mantua  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna," premieres in Mantua on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 01   On this day in history valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-govt  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 04   Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, dies at 44 in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 19   Thomas Fuller, England, literary (History of the Holy War) in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 03   City of Québec founded by Samuel de Champlain on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 03   Quebec, Canada founded by Samuel Champlain on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 03   Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 13   Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57) in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 18   On this day in history joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 20   On this day in history reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 30   At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 13   In the year 1608 john Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 24   In the year 1608 1st English convoy lands at Surat India  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 27   Hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 01   Giacomo Torelli, composer in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 03   In the year 1608 pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of military  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 10   John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 29   Captain Newport arrives from England with supplies for colonists on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 02   Hans Lippershey offers Dutch gov't a new invention, the telescope on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 02   In the year 1608 prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 02   In the year 1608 the first telescope is demonstrated by Hans Lippershey of Middelburg.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 19   Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 26   Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 07   In the year 1608 adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen/cavalry commander, dies in battle  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1608

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 28   Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 05   Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 25   In the year 1608 birth of jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII/general  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   In the year 1608 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 19   In the year 1608 birth of thomas Fuller, England, literary (History of the Holy War)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 13   On this day in history birth of ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 14   In the year 1608 birth of george Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1608

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 29   On this day in history death of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 13   Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Lithuanian prince (b. 1526) died in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 26   John Still, English bishop died in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 12   Koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1530) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) died in the year 1608.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 04   On this day in history francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, dies at 44  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 19   Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (b. 1551) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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