Dutch Fifth Expedition sets sail from the Dutch Republic for Sumatra, and the Moluccas to trade in spices
Dutch Fifth Expedition sets sail from the Dutch Republic for Sumatra, and the Moluccas to trade in spices
Dutch Fifth Expedition sets sail from the Dutch Republic for Sumatra, and the Moluccas to trade in spices
Events Before
Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25
A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year.
Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history
Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history
Marriage by proxy of Marie de' Medici and Henry IV of France
Marie de' Medici (French: Marie de Médicis; Italian: Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV.
Religious wedding of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici at Lyon Cathedral
Marie de' Medici (French: Marie de Médicis; Italian: Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV.
French King Henri IV grants military captain Pierre Chauvin de Tonnetuit a ten-year commission for the fur trade in New
French King Henri IV grants military captain Pierre Chauvin de Tonnetuit a ten-year commission for the fur trade in New France - he goes on to found doomed colony of Tadoussac [1]
Events After
United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) is formed and granted a monopoly on all Dutch sea-borne trade with Asia
United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) is formed and granted a monopoly on all Dutch sea-borne trade with Asia
Spanish forces in Ireland surrender to the English army at Kinsale
The Fourth Spanish Armada, also known as the Last Armada, was a military expedition sent to Ireland that took place between August 1601 and March 1602 towards the end of Anglo-Spanish war.
Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
Martha's Vineyard is first sighted by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold
Martha's Vineyard is first sighted by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold
Spanish held city of Grave surrenders to Maurice of Orange during Eighty Years' War
The siege of Grave was a siege that took place between 18 July and 20 September 1602, as part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War.
More from the 1600s
Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25
A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) compared to a common year.
First edition of "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha" (Part One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is pub
First edition of "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha" (Part One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid
English traveller Robert Shirley marries Iranian noblewoman Teresa Sampsonia at the Safavid royal court
Teresa Sampsonia was a Circassian-English noblewoman of Safavid Iran. She was the wife of the Elizabethan English adventurer Robert Shirley, whom she accompanied on his travels and embassies across...
A fleet of five British East India Company vessels departs on its first voyage from London, led by James Lancaster comma
A fleet of five British East India Company vessels departs on its first voyage from London, led by James Lancaster commanding the "Red Dragon"; the journey lasts nearly 16 months
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