Historical Events In 1616

Nov 20   In the year 1616 bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War   

Nov 23   John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis) on this day in history.   

Dec 10   Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Dec 21   In the year 1616 pietro Andrea Ziani, composer   

Dec 31   Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 in the year 1616.   

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Jan 13   In the year 1616 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   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   In the year 1616 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 in the year 1616.   

Mar 06   In the year 1616 francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)   

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

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.