11 events found for 1609
Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of th
Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe
Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place
Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent…
Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on…
Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.
Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.