1600

Events in History in 1600

Jan 1 Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of 25 March.

Historic Event

Feb 4 Astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler meet for the first time near Prague

Tycho Brahe — Astronomer Tycho Brahe

Johannes Kepler — Astronomer Johannes Kepler

Feb 8 Vatican convicts scholar and friar Giordano Bruno (who believed in an infinite universe) of heresy and sentences him to be burnt at the stake
Feb 17 Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged with heresy by the Roman Inquisition
Feb 19 Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history
Mar 20 The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden
Apr 21 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun (OS)
Jul 1 Prince Maurits' army occupies Newport Flanders Netherlands
Jul 2 Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army

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Aug 6 Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588

Henry IV of France — King Henry IV of France

Sep 15 Battle of Sekigahara, rise of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan
Oct 8 San Marino adopts constitution
Oct 16 Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines
Oct 20 Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns)

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Nov 28 The Royal Society is founded at Gresham College in London, England, following a lecture by Sir Christopher Wren, Professor of Astronomy

Christopher Wren — Architect Christopher Wren

Dec 14 Olivier van Noort sinks Spanish galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die
Dec 31 British East India Company chartered

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