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Decades
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Centuries
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Events
May 13
- Dutch statesman
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
is executed in
The Hague
after having been accused of treason.
July 30
- In
Jamestown, Virginia
, the first representative assembly in the
Americas
, the
House of Burgesses
, convenes for the first time.
16 November
- foundation of
William Parker School
,
Hastings
by the will of Rev William Parker.
December 4
- Thirty-eight
colonists
from Berkeley Parish in
England
disembark in
Virginia
and give thanks to
God
(this is considered by some to be the first
Thanksgiving
in the
Americas
).
Slaves
are first brought to the
Americas
.
Ferdinand II
elected as
Holy Roman Emperor
.
England
establishes its first outpost in
India
.
The
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
reaches the height of its territorial extent.
Births
February 24
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Charles Le Brun
, French painter and art theorist
March 6
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Cyrano de Bergerac
, soldier, poet
Deaths
March 4
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Anne of Denmark
, Consort of
James I of England
March 13
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Richard Burbage
, English actor
March 20
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Mathias, Holy Roman Emperor
May 13
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
, Dutch statesman
August 30
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Shimazu Yoshihiro
, Japanese samurai and warlord
October 14
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Samuel Daniel
, Egnlish poet (b.
1562
)
Hans Lippershey
, Dutch lensmaker (b.
1570
(?))
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