Historical Events In 1616

Jan 05   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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   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   Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer in the year 1616.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1616 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   In the year 1616 cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

Aug 26   In the year 1616 johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66   

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 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   In the year 1616 a Gryphius, writer   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1616.   

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

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   Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) in the year 1616.   

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   In the year 1616 andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies