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

Jan 13   On this day in history antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic   

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

Feb 26   On this day in history spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo   

Feb 28   In the year 1616 kaspar Forster, composer   

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

Mar 06   In the year 1616 francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)   

Mar 06   Malachias Siebenhaar, composer in the year 1616.   

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

Mar 26   Bristol England William Baffin c1584-1622 leaves on 5th voyage on 'Discovery'; will pass Greenland coast and sail north another 480 km on this day in history.   

Mar 29   On this day in history 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   On this day in history english King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen   

May 03   Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war in the year 1616.   

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   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 in the year 1616.   

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   On this day in history 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   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 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   Eustache Le Sueur, French painter in the year 1616.   

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Jan 13   On this day in history birth of antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic   

Jan 16   In the year 1616 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   On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

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

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

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

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

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) in the year 1616.   

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

Jun 01   Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543) died in the year 1616.   

Jun 12   On this day in history cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies   

Jul 20   Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier died in the year 1616.   

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