Explore 111 historical events from 1600–1609.
Francis Caracciolo, born Ascanio dei Caracciolo Pisquizi, was an Italian Catholic priest who co-founded the Order of the Clerics Regular Minor with John Augustine Adorno and Fabriz…
Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (born 1563)
Alberico Gentili was an Italian jurist, a tutor of Queen Elizabeth I, and a standing advocate to the Spanish Embassy in London, who served as the Regius Professor of Civil Law at t…
Alberico Gentili, Italian lawyer and jurist (born 1551)
Joachim Frederick, of the House of Hohenzollern, was Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1598 until his death.
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1546)
Pomponio Nenna was a Neapolitan Italian composer of the Renaissance. He is mainly remembered for his madrigals, which were influenced by Gesualdo, and for his polychoral sacred mot…
Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (born 1556)
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, was an Irish earl and soldier.
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, last King of Tyrconnell (born 1575)
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, …
Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi debuted his second opera L'Arianna, now one of his lost works, at a royal wedding in
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war include…
Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar
The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America. The coast was named Vi…
The Virginia Company colonists make landfall at Cape Henry
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi…
English colonists establish "James Fort", which would become Jamestown, Virginia, the earliest permanent English settlem
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi…
Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America, is founded
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi…
Virginia Colonists finished building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Indian attacks
Wenceslaus Hollar was a Czech engraver, etcher and painter. He spent much of his life in England. He often created cityscapes and landscapes, including vedutas. He was born in Prag…
Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and illustrator (died 1677)
Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell was an English peer. He was the son of Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell by his wife Mary, daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester …
Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (born 1560)
Anna d'Este was an important princess with considerable influence at the court of France and a central figure in the French Wars of Religion. In her first marriage, she was Duchess…
Anna d'Este, French princess (born 1531)
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi…
Virginia colonists finish building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Native American attacks
John Rainolds was an English academic and churchman, of Puritan views. He is remembered for his role in the Authorized Version of the Bible, a project of which he was initiator.
John Rainolds, English scholar and academic (born 1549)
Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, OCarm, was an Italian Carmelite nun and mystic. She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Italian Carmelite nun and mystic (born 1566)
Sir John Popham of Wellington, Somerset, was Speaker of the House of Commons, Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice of England.
John Popham, English politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1531)
Domenico Fontana was an Italian architect of the late Renaissance, born in today's Ticino. He worked primarily in Italy, at Rome and Naples.
Domenico Fontana, Italian architect (born 1543)
Cesare Baronio, known more commonly as Caesar Baronius[a] CO, was an Italian Oratorian, cardinal and historian of the Catholic Church. His best-known works are his Annales Ecclesia…
Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (born 1538)
Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the English queen Anne of Denmark. She was the sister of…
Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire, English noblewoman (born 1563)
Joachim von Sandrart was a German Baroque art-historian and painter, active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. He is most significant for his collection of biographies of Du…
Joachim von Sandrart, German art-historian and painter (died 1688)
John Bulwer was an English physician and early Baconian natural philosopher who wrote five works exploring the Body and human communication, particularly by gesture. He was the fi…
John Bulwer, British doctor (died 1656)
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz was a Spanish Catholic scholastic philosopher, ecclesiastic, mathematician, polyglot, and writer. He is believed to be a great-grandson of Jan Popel y Lob…
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (died 1682)