Explore 185 historical events from 1600–1609.
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer and polymath. He was bo…
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (pictured) demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer and polymath. He was bo…
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (pictured) demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
O'Doherty's Rebellion, also called O'Dogherty's Revolt, was an uprising against the Crown authorities in western Ulster, Ireland. Sir Cahir O'Doherty, lord of Inishowen, a Gaelic c…
In Ireland, O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry
Nationalization is the process of transforming privately owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationaliza…
A newly nationalized silver mine in Scotland at Hilderston, West Lothian is re-opened by Bevis Bulmer
The Protestant Union, also known as the Evangelical Union, Union of Auhausen, German Union or the Protestant Action Party, was a coalition of Protestant German states. It was forme…
The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each
The Colony of Virginia was a British colonial settlement in North America from 1606 to 1776. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and …
The Colony of Virginia gets a charter, extending borders from "sea to sea"
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, soldier, geographer, diplomat, and chronicler who founded Quebec City and established New France as a permanent …
Samuel de Champlain lands at Tadoussac, Quebec, in the course of his third voyage to New France, and begins erecting for
Quebec City is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459 and the Quebec City census metropolitan area had a populat…
Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
Monsieur Gaston, Duke of Orléans, was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later a…
Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV of France (died 1660)
Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat directly translates to face in Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its con…
The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
John Smith was an English soldier, explorer, admiral of New England, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, and his friend Mózes…
John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
René Goupil,, was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs of …
René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (died 1642)
Ferdinand III was Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1625, King of Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to his death.
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1657)
George Goring, Lord Goring was an English army officer. He was known by the courtesy title Lord Goring as the eldest son of George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich.
George Goring, Lord Goring, English general (died 1657)
Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel PC(Ire), styled Lord Maltravers until 1640, and Baron Mowbray from 1640 until 1652, was an English nobleman, chiefly remembered for his…
Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1652)
Giacomo Torelli was an Italian stage designer, scenery painter, engineer, and architect. His work in stage design, particularly his designs of machinery for creating spectacular sc…
Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (died 1678)
Alfonso Michele Litta was an Italian nobleman who was a Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan from 1652 to 1679.
Alfonso Litta, Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop (died 1679)
Jean-Jacques Olier, S.S. was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Sulpicians. He also helped to establish the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, which organised the settlem…
Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest and mystic, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (died 1657)
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset was an English statesman, poet, and dramatist. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and …
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, English poet, playwright, and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1536)
Charles III, known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death.
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (born 1543)
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)