Explore 230 historical events from 1600–1609.
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)
Heinrich Albert was a German composer and poet of the 17th century. He was a member of the Königsberg Poetic Society. As a song composer, he was strongly influenced by Heinrich Sch…
Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet (died 1651)
Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, was an English religious Independent, author, and landowner from Cheshire. He was Member of Parliament for Cheshire at various times between 1628…
Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (died 1698)
Claudio Merulo was an Italian composer, publisher and organist of the late Renaissance period, most famous for his innovative keyboard music and his ensemble music composed in the …
Claudio Merulo, Italian organist and composer (born 1533)
Isabella Andreini, also known as Isabella Da Padova, was an Italian actress and writer. Andreini was a member of the Compagnia dei Comici Gelosi, a touring theatre company that per…
Isabella Andreini, Italian actress (born 1562)
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era. Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a t…
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (born 1550)
François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac was a French author and cleric. He was a grandson of the surgeon Ambroise Paré. D'Aubignac worked as a lawyer in his early life, but he then joine…
François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French cleric and author (died 1676)
Tokugawa Iemitsu was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the third shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ie…
Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1651)
Bernardino de Mendoza was a Spanish military commander, diplomat, and writer on military history and politics. He served Philip II as ambassador to London and as a spy, from which …
Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish commander and diplomat (born 1540)
Horio Tadauji was a tozama daimyō in the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo period. His father was Horio Yoshiharu. He was the second leader of the Matsue clan.
Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimyō (born 1578)
Hamida Banu Begum was the empress consort of the second Mughal emperor Humayun and the mother of his successor, the third Mughal emperor Akbar. She was bestowed the title of Mariam…
Hamida Banu Begum, Mughal empress (born 1527)
Giovanni Giovenale Ancina was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Saluzzo and was a professed member from the Oratorians. The bishop was also a scholar an…
John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (born 1545)
William Morgan was a Welsh Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph, and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh from Greek and Hebrew.
William Morgan, Welsh bishop and translator (born 1545)
Igram van Achelen was a Dutch statesman.
Igram van Achelen, Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1528)
Domingo Báñez was a Spanish Dominican and Scholastic theologian and a member of the later School of Salamanca. The qualifier Mondragonensis is sometimes attached to his name and se…
Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (born 1528)
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 (folio depicted), the religious text of Sikhism, was installed in the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Johannes Kepler was a German polymath who was an astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and music theorist. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Re…
German astronomer Johannes Kepler began observations of an exceptionally bright object, now known as Kepler's…
Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Barbezieux, seigneur de Chaville et de Viroflay was a French statesman.
Michel Le Tellier, French politician, French Minister of Defence (died 1685)
Joseph of Cupertino, OFM Conv. was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. According to traditional Franciscan accounts, he was "rema…
Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic and saint (died 1663)
Sir Kenelm Digby was an English courtier and diplomat. He was also a highly reputed natural philosopher, astrologer and known as a leading Roman Catholic intellectual and Blacklois…
Kenelm Digby, English astrologer, courtier, and diplomat (died 1665)
Johannes Cocceius was a Dutch theologian born in Bremen.
Johannes Cocceius, German-Dutch theologian and academic (died 1669)
Magnus II of Saxe-Lauenburg was the eldest surviving son of Duke Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Sybille of Saxe-Freiberg, daughter of Duke Henry IV the Pious. In 1571 Magnus II as…
Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1543)
James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, un…
James VI and I and Anne of Denmark are crowned in Westminster Abbey.
Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal and later Governor-General of Pomerania, Västergötland, Dalsland, Värmland and Halland. He adapted the use of artillery on the battlefiel…
Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (died 1651)