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 in the year 1616.  

Jan 06   Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) on this day in history.  

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

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

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   Kaspar Forster, composer in the year 1616.  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1616.  

Mar 29   In the year 1616 johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer  

Apr 23   In the year 1616 miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69  

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 in the year 1616.  

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

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   In the year 1616 samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.  

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1616 a Gryphius, writer  

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

Oct 25   In the year 1616 vOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia  

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 in the year 1616.  

Jan 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

Feb 28   Kaspar Forster, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1616 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65  

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

Apr 23   Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 in the year 1616.  

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 on this day in history.  

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