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

Jan 13   On this day in history antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic   

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

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

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   Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo in the year 1616.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 23   On this day in history miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69   

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   Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war in the year 1616.   

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

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

Oct 02   In the year 1616 a Gryphius, writer   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1616 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 in the year 1616.   

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

Mar 29   In the year 1616 birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer   

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

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 in the year 1616.   

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 in the year 1616.   

Jun 01   Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543) died on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1616 andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies