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   On this day in history jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver   

Jan 30   William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 19   On this day in history jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

Feb 26   On this day in history spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo   

Feb 28   On this day in history kaspar Forster, composer   

Mar 05   Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index in the year 1616.   

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

Mar 06   In the year 1616 malachias Siebenhaar, composer   

Mar 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1616 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   English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen on this day in history.   

May 03   On this day in history treaty of Loudun kills French civil war   

May 19   In the year 1616 johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

Jun 12   On this day in history cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies   

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

Jul 20   On this day in history hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier   

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

Aug 07   Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on this day in history.   

Aug 08   Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 on this day in history.   

Aug 26   On this day in history johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66   

Aug 31   Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1616.   

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

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   In the year 1616 vOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia   

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

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

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 06   Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.   

Apr 23   On this day in history 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   Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier died on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies in the year 1616.