Historical Events In 1616

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

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

Jan 13   In the year 1616 antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic   

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

Jan 30   William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury) in the year 1616.   

Feb 12   On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65   

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

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

Feb 28   In the year 1616 kaspar Forster, composer   

Mar 05   On this day in history copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

May 19   In the year 1616 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   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   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   William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury) was born in the year 1616.   

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

Feb 28   In the year 1616 birth of kaspar Forster, composer   

Mar 06   Malachias Siebenhaar, composer was born in the year 1616.   

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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   Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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