Explore 190 historical events from 1610–1619.
The Defenestrations of Prague were three incidents in the history of Bohemia in which people were defenestrated. Though already existing in Middle French, the word defenestrate is …
The Third Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War
Johan Nieuhof was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India. The most famous of these was a trip of 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) from Canton to Peking…
Johan Nieuhof, Dutch traveler (died 1672)
Sir Peter Lely was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. He became a naturalised Engli…
Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (died 1680)
The Reverend Thomas Bastard was an English clergyman famed for his published English language epigrams.
Thomas Bastard, English priest and author (born 1566)
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr was an English colonial administrator for whom the bay, the river, and, consequently, a Native American people and U.S. state, all later called "D…
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1577)
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (born 1585)
Josuah Sylvester was an English poet.
Josuah Sylvester, English poet and translator (born 1563)
Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton was an English nobleman.
Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton, English nobleman (bornc. 1570)
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation …
Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (born 1554)
Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Eschwege was from 1632 until his death Landgrave of the apanage of Hesse-Eschwege, which stood under the suzerainty of Hesse-Kassel.
Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (died 1655)
Elias Ashmole was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer, freemason and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War,…
Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (died 1692)
Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer and politician who sat for Shropshire in the House of Commons in the Short Parliament of 1640. He fought on the Royalist side …
Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet, English politician (died 1656)
Concino Concini, 1st Marquis d'Ancre was an Italian politician, best known for being a minister of Louis XIII of France, as the favourite of Louis's mother, Marie de Medici, Queen …
Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1575)
David Fabricius was a Frisian pastor who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy, jointly with his eldest son, Johannes Fabricius (1587–1615).
David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (born 1564)
Luis Fajardo y Ruíz de Avendaño,, known simply as Luis Fajardo, was a Spanish admiral and nobleman who had an outstanding naval career in the Spanish Navy. He is considered one of …
Luis Fajardo, Spanish admiral and nobleman (born c
Adam Wenceslaus of Cieszyn was the Duke of Cieszyn from 1579 until his death.
Adam Wenceslaus, duke of Cieszyn (born 1574)
Johann Jakob Grynaeus or Gryner was a Swiss Protestant divine.
Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman and theologian (born 1540)
Rose of Lima, was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stric…
Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (born 1586)
Emperor Go-Yōzei was the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years 1586 through to his abdication in 1611, corre…
Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (born 1572)
Francisco Suárez was a Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the School of Salamanca movement. His work is considered a turning point in …
Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (born 1548)
Sir Ralph Winwood was an English diplomat and statesman to the Jacobean court.
Ralph Winwood, English lawyer and politician, English Secretary of State (born 1563)
The Treaty of Loudun was signed on 3 May 1616 in Loudun, France, and ended the war that originally began as a power struggle between Queen Mother Marie de Medici's favorite Concino…
Treaty of Loudun ends a French civil war
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 returns to Quebec.
Johann Jakob Froberger was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. Among the most famous composers of the era, he was influential in developing the musical form…
Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (died 1667)