Historical Events In 1616

Jan 05   Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 sets off to visit Petun (Tobacco) Nation, south of Nottawasaga Bay, with Father Le Caron on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) in the year 1616.   

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

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

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

Feb 12   John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 26   On this day in history spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo   

Feb 28   In the year 1616 kaspar Forster, composer   

Mar 05   Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) in the year 1616.   

Mar 06   In the year 1616 malachias Siebenhaar, composer   

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

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

Mar 29   In the year 1616 johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer   

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

Apr 23   Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England in the year 1616.   

Apr 30   English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen in the year 1616.   

May 03   On this day in history treaty of Loudun kills French civil war   

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

Jun 12   Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies in the year 1616.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   New England epidemic in Southern New England, especially the Wampanoag people killing 30-90% of population people on this day in history.   

Sep 15   On this day in history the first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.   

Oct 02   On this day in history a Gryphius, writer   

Oct 10   In the year 1616 maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

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   François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 19   In the year 1616 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

Feb 28   In the year 1616 birth of kaspar Forster, composer   

Mar 06   Malachias Siebenhaar, composer was born in the year 1616.   

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

May 19   Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) died in the year 1616.   

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

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

Jul 25   Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies in the year 1616.