Explore 130 historical events from 1610–1619.
Concino Concini, 1st Marquis d'Ancre was an Italian politician, best known for being a minister of Louis XIII of France, as the favourite of Louis's mother, Marie de Medici, Queen …
Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1575)
David Fabricius was a Frisian pastor who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic astronomy, jointly with his eldest son, Johannes Fabricius (1587–1615).
David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (born 1564)
Luis Fajardo y Ruíz de Avendaño,, known simply as Luis Fajardo, was a Spanish admiral and nobleman who had an outstanding naval career in the Spanish Navy. He is considered one of …
Luis Fajardo, Spanish admiral and nobleman (born c
Adam Wenceslaus of Cieszyn was the Duke of Cieszyn from 1579 until his death.
Adam Wenceslaus, duke of Cieszyn (born 1574)
Johann Jakob Grynaeus or Gryner was a Swiss Protestant divine.
Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman and theologian (born 1540)
Rose of Lima, was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stric…
Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (born 1586)
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…
Treaty of Loudun ends a French civil war
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, soldier, geographer, diplomat, and chronicler who founded Quebec City and established New France as a permanent …
Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
Johann Jakob Froberger was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. Among the most famous composers of the era, he was influential in developing the musical form…
Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (died 1667)
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale was a Scottish statesman.
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland (died 1682)
Mirza Shah Shuja was the second son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal. He was the governor of Bengal and Odisha and had his capital at Dhaka, in present day…
Shah Shuja, Mughal prince (died 1661)
Ferdinand Bol was a Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman. Although his surviving work is rare, it displays Rembrandt's influence; like his master, Bol favoured historical subjects, …
Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt (died 1680)
John Leverett was an English colonial magistrate, merchant, soldier and the penultimate governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Born in England, he migrated to Massachusetts as a…
John Leverett, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1679)
Anna de' Medici was a daughter of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Maria Maddalena of Austria. A patron of the arts, she married Ferdinand Charles, Archduke…
Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (died 1676)
Hugh O'Neill, The O'Niell, Earl of Tyrone, was an Irish lord and key figure of the Nine Years' War. Known as the "Great Earl", he led the confederacy of Irish lords against the Eng…
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Irish nobleman and rebel soldier (born 1550)
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for …
Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1547)
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is oft…
William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (born 1564)
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, born Gómez Suárez de Figueroa and known as El Inca, was a chronicler and writer born in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Sailing to Spain at 21, he was educated …
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish writer and historian (born 1539)
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)
Andreas Libavius was a German writer.
Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (born 1550)
Sir Roger Wilbraham was a prominent English lawyer who served as Solicitor-General for Ireland, under Elizabeth I and was judged one of her few really competent Law Officers. He he…
Roger Wilbraham, Solicitor-General for Ireland (born 1553)
Vincenzo Scamozzi was an Italian architect and a writer on architecture, active mainly in Vicenza and Republic of Venice area in the second half of the 16th century. He was perhaps…
Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect, designed Teatro Olimpico (born 1548)
Cornelis or Cornelius Ketel was a Dutch Mannerist painter, active in Elizabethan London from 1573 to 1581, and in Amsterdam till his death. Ketel, known essentially as a portrait-p…
Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter (born 1548)
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