Event of Interest
Mar 25 Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Company to find a passage to Asia
Henry Hudson
Historic Publication
May 20 Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe
William Shakespeare
- May 23 Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place
- Jun 17 Netherlands, England and France sign 12 year Covenant
- Jul 6 Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion
- Jul 9 Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion
- Jul 10 Catholic German monarchy forms Catholic League
- Jul 20 Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion
- Jul 28 Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda
Event of Interest
Jul 29 Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years
Samuel de Champlain
Event of Interest
Aug 8 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope
Galileo Galilei
- Aug 25 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers
- Aug 28 English explorer Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay
- Sep 1 Pieter Both sworn in as 1st governor general of Dutch East Indies
- Sep 4 Navigator Henry Hudson first European to discover island of Manhattan [or Sep 11]
- Sep 11 Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos
- Oct 12 Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice" published in London
- Dec 8 Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan opens its reading room, second public library in Europe