Historical Events In 1616

Jan 05   On this day in history 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) in the year 1616.  

Jan 13   Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic in the year 1616.  

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

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

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   In the year 1616 kaspar Forster, composer  

Mar 05   In the year 1616 copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index  

Mar 06   On this day in history francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)  

Mar 06   Malachias Siebenhaar, composer in the year 1616.  

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   On this day in history johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer  

Apr 23   On this day in history 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   English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen on this day in history.  

May 03   In the year 1616 treaty of Loudun kills French civil war  

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

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

Jul 11   Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec in the year 1616.  

Jul 20   Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier in the year 1616.  

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

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

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

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   In the year 1616 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   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 on this day in history.  

Nov 19   In the year 1616 eustache Le Sueur, French painter  

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

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)  

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

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

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 in the year 1616.  

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   In the year 1616 death of tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)  

Jun 12   On this day in history cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies  

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 on this day in history.