Explore 152 historical events from 1610–1619.
Bonaventura Peeters (I) or Bonaventura Peeters the Elder (23 July 1614 – 25 July 1652) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and etcher. He became one of the leading marine artists in…
Bonaventura Peeters the Elder, Flemish painter (died 1652)
Martino Martini was a Jesuit missionary in China. Born and raised in Trento, he worked as a cartographer and historian of ancient imperial China.
Martino Martini, Italian missionary, cartographer and historian (died 1661)
Isaac Casaubon was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England.
Isaac Casaubon, French philologist and scholar (born 1559)
Camillus de Lellis, M.I., was an Italian Catholic priest who founded the Camillians, a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in t…
Camillus de Lellis, Italian priest and saint (born 1550)
Pierre de Bourdeille, called the seigneur et abbé de Brantôme, was a French memoirist, soldier and biographer.
Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French soldier, historian and author (born 1540)
Lavinia Fontana was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Bologna and Rome. She is best known for her successful portraiture, but also worked in the genres of mythology and religi…
Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (born 1552)
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton was an English aristocrat and courtier. He was suspected throughout his life of being Roman Catholic, and went through periods of royal disfav…
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1540)
Mirza Raja Man Singh I was the 24th Kachawaha ruler of the Kingdom of Amber from 1589 to 1614. For the Mughals, he also served as the foremost imperial Subahdar of Bihar Subah from…
Man Singh I, Rajput Raja of Amer (born 1550)
Countess Elizabeth Báthory of Ecsed was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the powerful House of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary. Báthory and f…
Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (born 1560)
The Ottoman Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire or Turkey, was a state that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century to…
The Ottoman Empire made a final attempt to conquer the island of Malta, but were repulsed by the Knights Hospitaller.
Christoph Bach was a German musician of the Baroque period. He was the grandfather of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Christoph Bach, German musician (died 1661)
Johann George II was the Elector of Saxony from 1656 to 1680. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.
John George II, Elector of Saxony (died 1680)
John Cleveland was an English poet who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was best known for political satire.
John Cleveland, English poet and educator (died 1658)
Gu Yanwu was a Chinese historian, philologist, and poet. After failing to pass the civil service examination and after surviving the upheaval of the Qing conquest of the Ming dynas…
Gu Yanwu, Chinese philologist and geographer (died 1682)
William Frederick, was Count of Nassau-Dietz, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe.
William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch stadtholder (died 1664)
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing co…
The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the gr
Gilles Ménage was a French scholar.
Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (died 1692)
François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes …
François de La Rochefoucauld, French soldier and author (died 1680)
Robert Abercromby, whose surname was also spelled as Abrecromby and Abercrombie, and was known by such pseudonyms as Robert Sandiesoun and Sanders Robertson, was a Scottish Jesuit …
Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (born 1532)
Sir Thomas Fleming was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1611. He was judge in the trial of Guy Fawkes following the…
Thomas Fleming, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England (born 1544)
Giovanni Maria Artusi was an Italian music theorist, composer, and writer.
Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer and theorist (born 1540)
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa was an Italian nobleman and composer. Though both the Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, he is better known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred mu…
Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (born 1566)
Sir Thomas Overbury was an English poet and essayist, also known for being the victim of a murder which led to a scandalous trial. His poem A Wife, which depicted the virtues that …
Thomas Overbury, English poet
Sir Thomas Overbury was an English poet and essayist, also known for being the victim of a murder which led to a scandalous trial. His poem A Wife, which depicted the virtues that …
Thomas Overbury, English poet and author (born 1581)