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   On this day in history philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)  

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

Feb 12   John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 in the year 1616.  

Feb 19   Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer in the year 1616.  

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

Feb 28   In the year 1616 kaspar Forster, composer  

Mar 05   On this day in history copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index  

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

Mar 06   Malachias Siebenhaar, composer in the year 1616.  

Mar 20   On this day in history walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana  

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   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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Jul 11   Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec in the year 1616.  

Jul 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1616 cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68  

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   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   A Gryphius, writer in the year 1616.  

Oct 10   Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Oct 25   On this day in history vOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia  

Nov 19   Eustache Le Sueur, French painter on this day in history.  

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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   Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born in the year 1616.  

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

Mar 06   In the year 1616 birth of malachias Siebenhaar, composer  

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

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

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

Jun 01   In the year 1616 death of tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)  

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

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

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