Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York, setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years
Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York, setting the stage for French-Iroquois
Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York, setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years
Key People
Events Before
English traveller Robert Shirley marries Iranian noblewoman Teresa Sampsonia at the Safavid royal court
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Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft
Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft
Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia
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Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia
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Dutch trading ship arrives at the kingdom of Loango (modern Congo) to acquire ivory, their king requests audience with V
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Events After
Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa and Ganymede
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First Dutch settlers arrive from New Jersey to colonize Manhattan Island
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John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland
John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland
Polish King Wladyslaw IV Vasa claims crown as King of Russia (disputed)
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Henry IV of France dies
Henry IV of France dies
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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
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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
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