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Dirk Hartog
lands on an island off the Western Australian coast
Pocahontas
arrives in England
War between
Venice
and
Austria
Collegium Musicum
founded in
Prague
Nicolaus Copernicus
'
De revolutionibus
is placed on the
Index of Forbidden Books
by the
Roman Catholic Church
Births
May 24
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John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale
, (d.
1682
)
May 25
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Carlo Dolci
, Italian artist, (d.
1686
)
August 6
- John Higginson , English clergyman, (d.
1708
)
William Sancroft
, Archbishop of Canterbury (d.
1693
)
Deaths
January 6
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Philip Henslowe
, English theatre manager
April 23
(
Gregorian Calendar
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Miguel Cervantes
, Spanish author.
April 23
(
Julian Calendar
)/
May 3
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Gregorian Calendar
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William Shakespeare
, English playwright and poet.
August 7
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Vincenzo Scamozzi
, Italian architect
Tokugawa Ieyasu
,
Japanese
shogun
Alexander Whitaker
, Virgina Colony religious leader (drowned) (b.
1585
)
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