1610
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Years:
1607
1608
1609
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1610
-
1611
1612
1613
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Decades
:
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1590s
1600s
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1610s
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1620s
1630s
1640s
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Centuries
:
16th century
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17th century
-
18th century
Events
January 7
-
Galileo Galilei
discovers the
Galilean moons
of Jupiter.
March 12
–
Swedish
troops under
Jacob de la Gardie
take
Moscow
May 13
-
14
–
Francois Ravaillac
assassinates
Henry IV of France
July 5
-
John Guy
sets sail from
Bristol
with 39 other colonists for
Newfoundland
.
Johannes Fabricius
is the first to observe sunspots telescopically.
Poland captures Moscow, just to lose it again to Russian and Swedish troops.
In
Jamestown
,
Virginia
, only 60 out of 500 settlers survive over winter and they may have to rely on cannibalism
Henry Hudson
discovers
Hudson Bay
Arabella Stuart
, pretender to the English throne, imprisoned for marrying
William Seymour
The
Orion Nebula
is discovered by
Nicholas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
.
Science
Jean Beguin
-
Tyrocinium Chymicum
, first lecture book about
chemistry
Births
April 22
- Pietro Vitto Ottoboni later
Pope Alexander VIII
July 14
-
Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
(d.
1670
)
December 12
-
Saint Vasilije
December 15
-
David Teniers the Younger
, artist
Deaths
May 14
- King
Henry IV of France
(b.
1553
)
May 27
-
Ravaillac
, assassin who killed
Henry IV of France
October 14
-
Amago Yoshihisa
, Japanese samurai and warlord
November 17
-
Antoine de Bourbon
, duc de Vendme
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