Page 2: Historical Events In 1616

Nov 20   Bishop Richelieu is recorded as becoming French minister of Foreign affairs/War   

Nov 23   John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)   

Dec 10   Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74   

Dec 21   Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

Dec 31   Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31.   

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Jan 13   Antoinette bourignon: Flemish mystic/french religious fanatic   

Jan 16   François de vendôme: Duc de beaufort, french soldier    

Jan 30   William sancroft: Archbishop (canterbury)   

Feb 19   Jacques de saint-luc: Composer   

Feb 28   Kaspar forster: Composer   

Mar 06   Malachias siebenhaar: Composer   

Mar 29   Johann erasmus kindermann: Composer   

May 19   Johann jacob froberger: German singer/organist/composer   

Jan 06   Philip henslowe: English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)   

Feb 12   John drusius: Of driesschen, flemish hebraist,    

Mar 06   Francis beaumont: Elizabethan playwright,   

Apr 23   Miguel de cervantes saavedra: Spanish writer (don quixote),    

Jun 01   Tokugawa ieyasu: Tokugawa ieyasu (b. 1543)   

Jun 12   Cornelis f schuyt: Dutch organist/composer (madrigalen),   

Jul 20   Hugh o'neill: 3rd earl of tyrone, irish soldier   

Jul 25   Andreas libavius: German alchemist,