Explore 150 historical events from 1600–1609.
Monsieur Gaston, Duke of Orléans, was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later a…
Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV of France (died 1660)
Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat directly translates to face in Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its con…
The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
René Goupil,, was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs of …
René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (died 1642)
Ferdinand III was Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1625, King of Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to his death.
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1657)
George Goring, Lord Goring was an English army officer. He was known by the courtesy title Lord Goring as the eldest son of George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich.
George Goring, Lord Goring, English general (died 1657)
Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel PC(Ire), styled Lord Maltravers until 1640, and Baron Mowbray from 1640 until 1652, was an English nobleman, chiefly remembered for his…
Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1652)
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset was an English statesman, poet, and dramatist. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and …
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, English poet, playwright, and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1536)
Charles III, known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death.
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (born 1543)
Francis Caracciolo, born Ascanio dei Caracciolo Pisquizi, was an Italian Catholic priest who co-founded the Order of the Clerics Regular Minor with John Augustine Adorno and Fabriz…
Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (born 1563)
Alberico Gentili was an Italian jurist, a tutor of Queen Elizabeth I, and a standing advocate to the Spanish Embassy in London, who served as the Regius Professor of Civil Law at t…
Alberico Gentili, Italian lawyer and jurist (born 1551)
Joachim Frederick, of the House of Hohenzollern, was Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1598 until his death.
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1546)
Pomponio Nenna was a Neapolitan Italian composer of the Renaissance. He is mainly remembered for his madrigals, which were influenced by Gesualdo, and for his polychoral sacred mot…
Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (born 1556)
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, was an Irish earl and soldier.
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, last King of Tyrconnell (born 1575)
Giambologna, also known as Jean de Boulogne (French), Jehan Boulongne (Flemish) and Giovanni da Bologna (Italian), was the last significant Italian Renaissance sculptor, with a lar…
Giambologna, Italian sculptor (born 1529)
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, …
Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi debuted his second opera L'Arianna, now one of his lost works, at a royal wedding in
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war include…
Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar
The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America. The coast was named Vi…
The Virginia Company colonists make landfall at Cape Henry
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi…
English colonists establish "James Fort", which would become Jamestown, Virginia, the earliest permanent English settlem
Wenceslaus Hollar was a Czech engraver, etcher and painter. He spent much of his life in England. He often created cityscapes and landscapes, including vedutas. He was born in Prag…
Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and illustrator (died 1677)
Landgrave Hermann IV of Hesse-Rotenburg, was the first Landgrave of the semi-independent Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg. He was the fourth son of the Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Ka…
Herman IV, landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (died 1658)
Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell was an English peer. He was the son of Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell by his wife Mary, daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester …
Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (born 1560)
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi…
Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America, is founded
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi…
Virginia Colonists finished building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Indian attacks
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi…
Virginia colonists finish building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Native American attacks