Explore 185 historical events from 1600–1609.
Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian, and one of the commissioners of the Great Seal during the Interregnum.
Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (died 1675)
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore was an English politician and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland. Born in Kent, England in 1605, he inherited the proprietorship of …
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (died 1675)
Henry Hammond was an English churchman, church historian and theologian, who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.
Henry Hammond, English churchman and theologian (died 1660)
Philipp Moritz of Hanau-Münzenberg succeeded his father as Count of Hanau-Münzenberg in 1612.
Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble (died 1638)
Sir William Dugdale was an English antiquary and herald. As a scholar he was influential in the development of medieval history as an academic subject.
William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (died 1686)
Boris Feodorovich Godunov was the de facto regent of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605 following the death of Feodor I, the last of the Rurik dynasty. After …
Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (born 1551)
Pope Leo XI, born Alessandro di Ottaviano de' Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 April 1605 to his death, on 27 April 1605. His pontificat…
Pope Leo XI (born 1535)
Francesco Sacrati was an Italian composer of the Baroque era, who played an important role in the early history of opera. He wrote for the Teatro Novissimo in Venice as well as tou…
Francesco Sacrati, Italian composer (died 1650)
Naresuan, commonly known as Naresuan the Great, or Sanphet II was the 18th monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom and the 2nd of the Sukhothai dynasty. He was the king of the Ayutthaya K…
Naresuan, Siamese King of Ayutthaya Kingdom (born c
Ulisse Aldrovandi was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. Carl Linnaeus and the comte de Buffon reckoned him the …
Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (born 1522)
Feodor II Borisovich Godunov was Tsar of all Russia from April to June 1605, during the Time of Troubles.
Feodor II of Russia (born 1589)
Miguel de Benavides y Añoza, O.P. was a Spanish Catholic prelate and sinologist who served as the third Archbishop of Manila. He previously served as the first Bishop of Nueva Sego…
Miguel de Benavides, Spanish archbishop and sinologist (born 1552)
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Leveson was a Royal Navy officer, politician and landowner. His origins were in the landed gentry of Shropshire and Staffordshire. A client and son-in-law …
Richard Leveson, English admiral (born c. 1570)
Jan Tarnowski was Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland. His coat of arms was Rola.
Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (born 1550)
Sir Edward Lewknor or Lewkenor was a prominent member of the puritan gentry in East Anglia in the later Elizabethan period, and an important voice on religious matters in the Engli…
Edward Lewknor, English politician (born 1542)
A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop o…
After a scuffle in which one cardinal had several bones broken, a papal conclave convened in Rome elected Camillo Borghe
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 encounters the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Sa
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: a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange forces the Spanish garrison of Sluis to…
The Guru Granth Sahib is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal Guru following the lineage of the ten human gurus of…
The Guru Granth Sahib is fully compiled and completed by Guru Arjan.
The Guru Granth Sahib is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal Guru following the lineage of the ten human gurus of…
Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
Joris Jansen Rapelje was a member of the Council of Twelve Men in the Dutch West India Company colony of New Netherland. He and his wife Catalina (Catalyntje) Trico (1605–1689) wer…
Joris Jansen Rapelje, Dutch settler in colonial North America (died 1662)
Jean (de) Mairet was a classical French dramatist who wrote both tragedies and comedies.
Jean Mairet, French author and playwright (died 1686)
Claudia de' Medici was by birth a Tuscan princess and by her marriage to Leopold V an archduchess of Austria and from 1632 until 1646 regent of the Austrian County of Tyrol during …
Claudia de' Medici, Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine (died 1648)
John Maurice of Nassau, called "the Brazilian" for his fruitful period as governor of Dutch Brazil, was Count and Prince of Nassau-Siegen. He served as Herrenmeister of the Order o…
John Maurice, Dutch nobleman (died 1679)