Historical Events In 1616

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

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

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

Jan 24   Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver in the year 1616.   

Jan 30   In the year 1616 william Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury)   

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

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

Feb 26   In the year 1616 spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo   

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

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

Mar 06   Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) in the year 1616.   

Mar 06   Malachias Siebenhaar, composer in the year 1616.   

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 in the year 1616.   

Mar 29   Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer in the year 1616.   

Apr 23   Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 in the year 1616.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68   

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

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 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   Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 in the year 1616.   

Oct 25   On this day in history vOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia   

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

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

Jan 16   In the year 1616 birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

Jan 30   In the year 1616 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   On this day in history 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   Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) died in the year 1616.   

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   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 in the year 1616.   

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

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