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 in the year 1616.   

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   On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65   

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

Feb 26   In the year 1616 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 on this day in history.   

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   Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana in the year 1616.   

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 in the year 1616.   

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

Apr 23   Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England on this day in history.   

Apr 30   English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen in the year 1616.   

May 03   Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war on this day in history.   

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

Jun 12   Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies in the year 1616.   

Jul 11   Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier in the year 1616.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Aug 31   In the year 1616 gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43   

Sep 01   On this day in history new England epidemic in Southern New England, especially the Wampanoag people killing 30-90% of population people   

Sep 15   In the year 1616 the first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.   

Oct 02   A Gryphius, writer on this day in history.   

Oct 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1616 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   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   On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

Feb 28   Kaspar Forster, composer was born in the year 1616.   

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   In the year 1616 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

Jan 06   On this day in history death of philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)   

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

Mar 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)   

Jun 12   Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies in the year 1616.   

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

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