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   In the year 1616 philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)  

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

Jan 24   Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver in the year 1616.  

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

Feb 12   On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65  

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

Feb 26   Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo on this day in history.  

Feb 28   On this day in history kaspar Forster, composer  

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

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

Mar 06   On this day in history malachias Siebenhaar, composer  

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

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   On this day in history netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England  

Apr 30   English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen on this day in history.  

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

Jul 11   In the year 1616 samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.  

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

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

Aug 07   In the year 1616 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 in the year 1616.  

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

Oct 02   A Gryphius, writer in the year 1616.  

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1616.  

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

Mar 06   On this day in history birth of malachias Siebenhaar, composer  

Mar 29   On this day in history birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 06   Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.  

Apr 23   On this day in history miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69  

Jun 01   On this day in history death of tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)  

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

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

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