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

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

Jan 24   On this day in history jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver   

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

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

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

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

Feb 28   Kaspar Forster, composer in the year 1616.   

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

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

Mar 06   Malachias Siebenhaar, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 20   Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history bristol England William Baffin c1584-1622 leaves on 5th voyage on 'Discovery'; will pass Greenland coast and sail north another 480 km.   

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 in the year 1616.   

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   Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec on this day in history.   

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

Jul 25   On this day in history 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   Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66 in the year 1616.   

Aug 31   Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1616.   

Nov 19   Eustache Le Sueur, French painter in the year 1616.   

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

Jan 16   In the year 1616 birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

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

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

Feb 28   On this day in history birth of kaspar Forster, composer   

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

Mar 29   In the year 1616 birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer   

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

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   In the year 1616 miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69   

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

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

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.