Explore 61 historical events from 1610–1619.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He wa…
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (born 1543)
The Treaty of Loudun was signed on 3 May 1616 in Loudun, France, and ended the war that originally began as a power struggle between Queen Mother Marie de Medici's favorite Concino…
The Treaty of Loudun was signed, ending a war that originally began as a power struggle for the French throne
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 is inaugurated in Malta
The Franciscan Recollects were a French reform branch of the Friars Minor, a Franciscan order. Denoted by their gray habits and pointed hoods, the Recollects devoted their lives t…
The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France
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
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)
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
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
Bertholet Flemalle, Flemal, or Flamael (1614–1675) was a Liège Baroque painter.
Bertholet Flemalle, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1675)
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)
Christoph Bach was a German musician of the Baroque period. He was the grandfather of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Christoph Bach, German musician (died 1661)
Johann George II was the Elector of Saxony from 1656 to 1680. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.
John George II, Elector of Saxony (died 1680)
John Cleveland was an English poet who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was best known for political satire.
John Cleveland, English poet and educator (died 1658)
Robert Abercromby, whose surname was also spelled as Abrecromby and Abercrombie, and was known by such pseudonyms as Robert Sandiesoun and Sanders Robertson, was a Scottish Jesuit …
Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (born 1532)
Frans Janszoon Post was a painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the Americas, during and after the period of Dutch Brazil. In…
Frans Post, Dutch painter (died 1680)
Miyamoto Musashi was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in hi…
Sword duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro on the shores of Ganryū Island
Sasaki Kojirō was a Japanese swordsman who may have lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods and is known primarily for the story of his duel with Miyamoto Musashi i…
Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese master swordsman (born 1575)
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury was an English statesman and alleged spymaster noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave w…
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1563)
Hans Leo Hassler was a German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, elder brother of lesser known composer Jakob Hassler. He was born in Nuremberg a…
Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (born 1562)
The King James Version (KJV), also known as the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of E…
The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker
Pope Innocent XI, born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 until his death on 12 August 1689.
Pope Innocent XI (died 1689)
Jean Bertaut, French poet, was born at Caen.
Jean Bertaut, French bishop and poet (born 1552)