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| Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s | ||||||||||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25.
- February 8 - King James I of England disbands the English Parliament.
- March 22 - In the Jamestown massacre, Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and destroys the Henricus settlement.
- May 13 — the Eendracht, Dutch VOC sailing ship and the second recorded European ship to make landfall on Australian soil, is wrecked off the western coast of Ambon Island, Dutch East Indies.
- Étienne Brûlé is the first European to see Lake Superior.
- Portugal loses control of the island of Ormus, after 107 years.
- Albertus Magnus is beatified, and Teresa of Avila is canonized, by the Roman Catholic Church.
- Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha sinks off the Florida Keys, while carrying copper, silver, gold, tobacco, and indigo. (Wreck discovered 1985).
Births
- January 15 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
- January 28 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
- February 24 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
- April 5 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (d. 1703)
- May 8 - Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)
- May 22 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)
- October 31 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)
- November 8 - King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660)
Deaths
- January 23 - William Baffin, English explorer (b. 1584)
- February 19 - Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549)
- April 24 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Roman Catholic missionary (b. 1577)
- May 3 - Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)
- May 20 - Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1604)
- July 1 - William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, British politician (b. 1575)
- December 28 - Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva and saint (b. 1567)
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