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   On this day in history antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 20   On this day in history 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 in the year 1616.  

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

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   On this day in history english King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen  

May 03   Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war on this day in history.  

May 19   Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer in the year 1616.  

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

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   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   On this day in history johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66  

Aug 31   On this day in history 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 in the year 1616.  

Sep 15   The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy in the year 1616.  

Oct 02   A Gryphius, writer on this day in history.  

Oct 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1616 eustache Le Sueur, French painter  

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

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

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

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

Feb 28   Kaspar Forster, composer was born in the year 1616.  

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   In the year 1616 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer  

Jan 06   In the year 1616 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 in the year 1616.  

Jun 12   In the year 1616 cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies  

Jul 20   Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier died on this day in history.  

Jul 25   Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies on this day in history.