Historical Events In 1616

Jan 05   In the year 1616 samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 sets off to visit Petun (Tobacco) Nation, south of Nottawasaga Bay, with Father Le Caron.   

Jan 06   In the year 1616 philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)   

Jan 13   Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic in the year 1616.   

Jan 24   Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver on this day in history.   

Jan 30   William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury) in the year 1616.   

Feb 12   In the year 1616 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65   

Feb 19   Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1616.   

Mar 06   On this day in history francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)   

Mar 06   In the year 1616 malachias Siebenhaar, composer   

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

Mar 26   In the year 1616 bristol England William Baffin c1584-1622 leaves on 5th voyage on 'Discovery'; will pass Greenland coast and sail north another 480 km.   

Mar 29   Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

May 19   On this day in history johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

Jun 12   Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec in the year 1616.   

Jul 20   In the year 1616 hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier   

Jul 25   Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 07   Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies in the year 1616.   

Aug 08   Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 in the year 1616.   

Aug 26   In the year 1616 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   New England epidemic in Southern New England, especially the Wampanoag people killing 30-90% of population people on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1616.   

Oct 10   In the year 1616 maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60   

Oct 25   VOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia on this day in history.   

Nov 19   Eustache Le Sueur, French painter on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   In the year 1616 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

Feb 28   On this day in history birth of kaspar Forster, composer   

Mar 06   On this day in history birth of malachias Siebenhaar, composer   

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

May 19   On this day in history birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

Jan 06   Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) died in the year 1616.   

Feb 12   John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 in the year 1616.   

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

Apr 23   Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 12   Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1616 death of hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier   

Jul 25   Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies on this day in history.