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Events
January -
Galileo
observes
Neptune
, but mistakes it for a
star
and so is not credited with its discovery.
February 7
- An Assembly of the Russian Empire elects
Mikhail Romanov
to be
Tsar
of
Russia
, and establishes the
Romanov Dynasty
.
June 29
- Fire destroys
London
's
Globe Theatre
Francesco Andreini
's
L'Adamo
is published.
King
James I of Scotland
successfully mediates the Peace of Knäred treaty between
Denmark
and
Sweden
.
The
New River
was opened, to supply London with drinking water from
Hertfordshire
Adriaen Block
's ship
Tyger
is destroyed by fire, forcing him and his crew to spend the winter on
Manhattan
James I of England
comdemns
duels
in his proclamation
Against Private Challenges and Combats
Ottoman Empire
invades
Hungary
Locust
swarm
destroys La Camarque ,
France
Sultan
Agung takes the throne of the kingdom of
Mataram
on
Java
.
Births
André Le Nôtre
, French landscape gardener (died
1700
)
Claude Perrault
, French architect (died
1688
)
Henry Vane
, English politician (died
1662
)
Richard Crashaw
, English religious poet (died
1649
)
François de la Rochefoucauld
, French writer (died
1680
)
Deaths
January 28
-
Thomas Bodley
, English scholar and diplomat (born
1545
)
April 27
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Robert Abercromby
September 8
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Carlo Gesualdo
, Italian composer
September 15
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Thomas Overbury
, English poet (born
1581
)
December 6
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Anton Praetorius
, German pastor, fighting against torture and witch-craft trials
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