Historic Event
Jul 3 Samuel de Champlain founds city of Quebec
Historic Event
Aug 13 John Smith's story of Jamestown's first days submitted for publication
- Aug 24 1st English convoy lands at Surat, India
- Sep 10 John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Virginia
- Sep 29 Captain Christopher Newport arrives in Virginia, for the second time, with supplies from England for colonists
- Oct 2 Hans Lippershey applies for patent for first known early telescope in the Netherlands