Explore 150 historical events from 1600–1609.
Tokugawa Iemitsu was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the third shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ie…
Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1651)
Claudio Merulo was an Italian composer, publisher and organist of the late Renaissance period, most famous for his innovative keyboard music and his ensemble music composed in the …
Claudio Merulo, Italian organist and composer (born 1533)
Isabella Andreini, also known as Isabella Da Padova, was an Italian actress and writer. Andreini was a member of the Compagnia dei Comici Gelosi, a touring theatre company that per…
Isabella Andreini, Italian actress (born 1562)
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era. Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a t…
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (born 1550)
Bernardino de Mendoza was a Spanish military commander, diplomat, and writer on military history and politics. He served Philip II as ambassador to London and as a spy, from which …
Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish commander and diplomat (born 1540)
Horio Tadauji was a tozama daimyō in the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo period. His father was Horio Yoshiharu. He was the second leader of the Matsue clan.
Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimyō (born 1578)
Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Barbezieux, seigneur de Chaville et de Viroflay was a French statesman.
Michel Le Tellier, French politician, French Minister of Defence (died 1685)
Joseph of Cupertino, OFM Conv. was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. According to traditional Franciscan accounts, he was "rema…
Joseph of Cupertino, Italian mystic and saint (died 1663)
James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, un…
James VI and I and Anne of Denmark are crowned in Westminster Abbey.
Sir Kenelm Digby was an English courtier and diplomat. He was also a highly reputed natural philosopher, astrologer and known as a leading Roman Catholic intellectual and Blacklois…
Kenelm Digby, English astrologer, courtier, and diplomat (died 1665)
Johannes Cocceius was a Dutch theologian born in Bremen.
Johannes Cocceius, German-Dutch theologian and academic (died 1669)
Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal and later Governor-General of Pomerania, Västergötland, Dalsland, Värmland and Halland. He adapted the use of artillery on the battlefiel…
Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (died 1651)
Magnus II of Saxe-Lauenburg was the eldest surviving son of Duke Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Sybille of Saxe-Freiberg, daughter of Duke Henry IV the Pious. In 1571 Magnus II as…
Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1543)
Bernard of Wąbrzeźno was a Catholic priest and a Benedictine monk from the Benedictine Abbey in Lubiń, Poland. He has been named as a candidate for beatification several times, beg…
Bernard of Wąbrzeźno, Roman Catholic priest (born 1575)
Jan Dymitr Solikowski was a Polish writer, diplomat, Archbishop of Lwów.
Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop (born 1539)
Philippe de Monte, sometimes known as Philippus de Monte, was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance active all over Europe. He was a member of the 3rd generation madrigalists …
Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer and educator (born 1521)
Joan Terès i Borrull was presbyter of Vic, auxiliary bishop of Morocco (1575–1579), bishop of Elne (1579–1586) and of Tortosa (1586–1587), and archbishop of Tarragona (1587–1603). …
Joan Terès i Borrull, Spanish archbishop and academic (born 1538)
Moses Székely was Prince of Transylvania in 1603.
Mózes Székely, Hungarian noble (born 1553)
Sir Matthew Browne of Betchworth Castle, Surrey, MP, was the only son of Sir Thomas Browne and Mabel Fitzwilliam. He was involved in legal and financial transactions concerning the…
Matthew Browne, English politician (born 1563)
Ahmad al-Mansur, also known as al-Dhahabī was the Saadi Sultan of Morocco from 1578 to his death in 1603, the sixth and most famous of all rulers of the Saadis. Ahmad al-Mansur was…
Ahmad al-Mansur, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (born 1549)
Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and amp…
Cape Cod is sighted by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
A galley is a type of ship optimised for propulsion by oars. Galleys were historically used for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe. It developed in th…
An English naval force defeats a fleet of Spanish galleys, and captures a large Portuguese carrack at the Battle of Sesi
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. Her eventful reign,…
Elizabeth I visits Harefield Place at Hillingdon and the Harefield Entertainment is performed.
William Lilly was a seventeenth century English astrologer. He is described as having been a genius at something "that modern mainstream opinion has since decided cannot be done at…
William Lilly, English astrologer (died 1681)