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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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   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   On this day in history miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69   

Apr 23   In the year 1616 netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aug 07   In the year 1616 vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies   

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

Oct 02   A Gryphius, writer in the year 1616.   

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 in the year 1616.   

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   François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born in the year 1616.   

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

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

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

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

Mar 29   In the year 1616 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) in the year 1616.   

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

Jun 01   On this day in history death of tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)   

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

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

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