English explorer John Mildenhall leaves Aleppo with a caravan of 600 people bound for Lahore - one of the first Englishmen to reach India overland
English explorer John Mildenhall leaves Aleppo with a caravan of 600 people bound for Lahore - one of the first Englishm
English explorer John Mildenhall leaves Aleppo with a caravan of 600 people bound for Lahore - one of the first Englishmen to reach India overland
Events Before
Jacob van Neck's fleet leaves Bantam, Java in modern-day Indonesia with 1 million pounds of pepper and cloves and a furt
Jacob van Neck's fleet leaves Bantam, Java in modern-day Indonesia with 1 million pounds of pepper and cloves and a further half a ship full of nutmeg, mace and cinnamon
Albert VII Archduke of Austria marries his cousin Isabella, daughter of Philip II of Spain
Albert VII (German: Albrecht VII; 13 November 1559 – 13 July 1621) was the ruling Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and, jointly with his wife, Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the…
English nobleman Robert Devereux becomes Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman, soldier and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. A charismatic and ambitious youth, Essex grew up in a...
Jacob Corneliszoon van Necks' Dutch merchant fleet, the second to reach Indonesia, leaves Java
Jacob Corneliszoon van Necks' Dutch merchant fleet, the second to reach Indonesia, leaves Java
Italian painter Caravaggio gets his first public commission, the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei France
Italian painter Caravaggio gets his first public commission, the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
Events After
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
Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid
Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid
Church authorities in Rome burn Hebrew books
Church authorities in Rome burn Hebrew books
France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey, and Gex in a treaty with Spain
France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey, and Gex in a treaty with Spain
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, leads an unsuccessful revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, leads an unsuccessful revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
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Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25
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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
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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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