Explore 190 historical events from 1610–1619.
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the Northeastern United Sta…
During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
The Anglo–Powhatan Wars were three wars fought between settlers of the Colony of Virginia and the Powhatan People of Tsenacommacah in the early 17th century. The first war started …
The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.
Louis XIII was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.
French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
Pope Alexander VIII, born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 1689 to his death in February 1691. He is the most rece…
Pope Alexander VIII (died 1691)
Stefano della Bella was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre s…
Stefano della Bella, Italian engraver and etcher (died 1664)
Birgitte (Bridget) Thott was a Danish writer, scholar and feminist, known for her learning. She was fluent and literate in Latin along with many other languages. She translated man…
Birgitte Thott, Danish scholar, writer and translator (born 1662)
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, …
Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published,…
Ferdinando II de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. Remembered by his contemporaries…
Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1670)
Francesco I d'Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1629 until his death. The eldest son of Alfonso III d'Este, he became reigning duke after his father's abdication.
Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Italian noble (died 1658)
Gabriel Lalemant was a French Jesuit missionary in New France beginning in 1646. Caught up in warfare between the Wendat and nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, he was killed…
Gabriel Lalemant, French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1649)
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, was a French soldier and, from 1668 to 1680, the governor of the Dauphin, the eldest son and heir of Louis XIV, King of France.
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general (died 1690)
Lieutenant-General James FitzThomas Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, KG, PC, was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, known as Earl of Ormond from 1634 to 1642 and Marquess of Ormond f…
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died…
Jacob Kettler was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1642 to 1682. Under his rule, Courland and Semigallia became more independent of its Polish suzerain, reached its peak in wea…
Jacob Kettler, 3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1682)
Matteo Ricci was an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 map of the world written in Chine…
Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and mathematician (born 1552)
Henry IV, also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from…
Henry IV of France (born 1553)
Tomás Sánchez was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit and famous casuist.
Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian (born 1550)
François Ravaillac was a French Catholic who assassinated King Henry IV of France in 1610.
François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (born 1578)
Alonso García de Ramón was a Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile: first temporarily from July 1600 to February 1601, and then from March 1605 to August 1610. He was b…
Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (born 1552)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for a significant portion of his artistic life. He began his apprenticesh…
Caravaggio, Italian painter (born 1571)
Amago Yoshihisa was a daimyō (lord) of Izumo Province.
Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (born 1540)
The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment that flourished in 16th- and early 17th-century Europe, though it was developed earlier in Italy, in forms including the inte…
The masque Tethys' Festival was performed at the Palace of Whitehall to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick as
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206, is a musical setting by Claudio Monteverdi of the evening vespers on Marian feasts, scored for soloists, choirs, and orchestra. It is an ambitio…
Claudio Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine (page pictured) was first printed in Venice, dedicated to Pope Paul V.