Explore 190 historical events from 1610–1619.
The siege of Osaka was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages,…
Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan
Marguerite of Lorraine, Duchess of Orléans, was the wife of Gaston, younger brother of Louis XIII. As Gaston had married her in secret in defiance of the King, Louis had their marr…
Marguerite of Lorraine, princess of Lorraine, duchess of Orléans (died 1672)
Marie de Lorraine was the daughter of Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse and the last member of the House of Guise, a branch of the House of Lorr…
Marie de Lorraine, duchess of Guise (died 1688)
Heinrich Bach was a German organist, composer, and a member of the Bach family.
Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (died 1692)
Christian I of Saxe-Merseburg, was the first duke of Saxe-Merseburg and a member of the House of Wettin.
Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, (died 1691)
Adriaan van Roomen, also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astrologer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was…
Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (born 1561)
Sir Henry Bromley was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1604. He was imprisoned twice due to his political activ…
Henry Bromley, English politician (born 1560)
Sanada Nobushige , also known as Sanada Yukimura , was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was especially known as the leading general on the defending side of the…
Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (born 1567)
Mashita Nagamori was a daimyō in Azuchi–Momoyama period, and one of the Go-Bugyō appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Also called Niemon (仁右衛門) or by his court title, Uemon-no-jō (右衛…
Mashita Nagamori, Japanese daimyō (born 1545)
Étienne Pasquier was a French lawyer and man of letters. By his own account he was born in Paris on 7 June 1529, but according to others he was born in 1528. He was called to the P…
Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (born 1529)
Lady Arbella Stuart was an English noblewoman who was considered a possible successor to Elizabeth I. During the reign of James VI and I, she married William Seymour, 2nd Duke of S…
Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman and woman of letters (born 1575)
The Wignacourt Aqueduct is a 17th-century aqueduct in Malta, which was built by the Order of Saint John to carry water from springs in Dingli and Rabat to the newly built capital c…
The Wignacourt Aqueduct (pictured) in Malta was inaugurated, and was used to carry water to Valletta for about 300 years
New Netherland Company was a chartered company of Dutch merchants.
The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is…
Bertholet Flemalle, Flemal, or Flamael (1614–1675) was a Liège Baroque painter.
Bertholet Flemalle, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1675)
John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse was an English nobleman, Royalist officer and Member of Parliament, notable for his role during and after the Civil War. He suffered a long spell …
John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, PC was an Anglo-Irish royalist statesman. After short periods as President of the Council of State and Treasurer of the Navy, he served as Lo…
Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (died 1686)
The Parliament of 1614 was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James VI and I and sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614. Lasting only two months and two days, it saw no …
The second parliament of James I of England ends after two months of deadlock and without passing any bills
The Raid on Żejtun, also known as The Last Attack, was the last major attack made by the Ottoman Empire against Hospitaller-ruled Malta. The attack took place in July 1614, when ra…
Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last…
The Fettmilch uprising of 1614 was an antisemitic revolt in the Free imperial city of Frankfurt am Main, led by baker Vincenz Fettmilch. It was initially a revolt by the guilds aga…
Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
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)
Henry More was an English philosopher, Anglican priest, theologian, and poet, associated with the Cambridge Platonists. He sought to reconcile Platonism with Christian theology and…
Henry More, English philosopher (died 1687)
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)
Isaac Casaubon was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England.
Isaac Casaubon, French philologist and scholar (born 1559)