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 on this day in history.   

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

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) on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 26   Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo in the year 1616.   

Feb 28   Kaspar Forster, composer in the year 1616.   

Mar 05   In the year 1616 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 20   Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana in the year 1616.   

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   In the year 1616 netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England   

Apr 30   English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen in the year 1616.   

May 03   On this day in history treaty of Loudun kills French civil war   

May 19   In the year 1616 johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

Jun 12   Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 11   On this day in history samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.   

Jul 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1616 birth of william Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury)   

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

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   Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) died in the year 1616.   

Feb 12   John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   In the year 1616 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   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   On this day in history death of hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier   

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