Historical Events In 1616

Jan 05   On this day in history samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 sets off to visit Petun (Tobacco) Nation, south of Nottawasaga Bay, with Father Le Caron.   

Jan 06   Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic on this day in history.   

Jan 24   In the year 1616 jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver   

Jan 30   On this day in history william Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury)   

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

Feb 19   Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer in the year 1616.   

Feb 26   Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo on this day in history.   

Feb 28   On this day in history kaspar Forster, composer   

Mar 05   In the year 1616 copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index   

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   In the year 1616 walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana   

Mar 26   Bristol England William Baffin c1584-1622 leaves on 5th voyage on 'Discovery'; will pass Greenland coast and sail north another 480 km on this day in history.   

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

Apr 23   In the year 1616 miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69   

Apr 23   On this day in history netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England   

Apr 30   In the year 1616 english King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen   

May 03   In the year 1616 treaty of Loudun kills French civil war   

May 19   Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer in the year 1616.   

Jun 12   In the year 1616 cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies   

Jul 11   In the year 1616 samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.   

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

Jul 25   In the year 1616 andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies   

Aug 07   On this day in history vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies   

Aug 08   In the year 1616 cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

Aug 26   Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66 in the year 1616.   

Aug 31   On this day in history gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43   

Sep 01   New England epidemic in Southern New England, especially the Wampanoag people killing 30-90% of population people in the year 1616.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Oct 25   VOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia in the year 1616.   

Nov 19   On this day in history eustache Le Sueur, French painter   

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Jan 13   On this day in history birth of antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic   

Jan 16   François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of william Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury)   

Feb 19   Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born in the year 1616.   

Feb 28   Kaspar Forster, composer was born on this day in history.   

Mar 06   In the year 1616 birth of malachias Siebenhaar, composer   

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

May 19   Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 12   John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 23   In the year 1616 miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69   

Jun 01   In the year 1616 death of tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)   

Jun 12   In the year 1616 cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies   

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

Jul 25   On this day in history andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies