1611
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| Arts and science |
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| Birth and death categories |
| Births–Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments–Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Gregorian calendar | 1611 MDCXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2364 |
| Armenian calendar | 1060 ԹՎ ՌԿ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6361 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1532–1533 |
| Bengali calendar | 1018 |
| Berber calendar | 2561 |
| English Regnal year | 8Ja. 1– 9Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2155 |
| Burmese calendar | 973 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7119–7120 |
| Chinese calendar | Canh tuấtNiên (MetalDog) 4308 or 4101 — to — Tân hợi niên (MetalPig) 4309 or 4102 |
| Coptic calendar | 1327–1328 |
| Discordian calendar | 2777 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1603–1604 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5371–5372 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 1667–1668 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 1532–1533 |
| -Kali Yuga | 4711–4712 |
| Holocene calendar | 11611 |
| Igbo calendar | 611–612 |
| Iranian calendar | 989–990 |
| Islamic calendar | 1019–1020 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō16 ( khánh trường １６ niên ) |
| Javanese calendar | 1531–1532 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3944 |
| Minguo calendar | 301 beforeROC Dân tiền 301 niên |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 143 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2153–2154 |
| Tibetan calendar | Dương kim cẩu niên (male Iron-Dog) 1737 or 1356 or 584 — to — Âm kim trư niên (female Iron-Pig) 1738 or 1357 or 585 |
Events[edit]
January–March[edit]
- January 26–Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sullyis forced byQueen regent Marie's Regency Council to resign aschief minister of France.[1]He is replaced by Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy.
- February 27–Sunspotsare observed bytelescope,byFrisianastronomersJohannes FabriciusandDavid Fabricius.Johannes publishes the results of these observations, inDe Maculis in Sole observatisinWittenberg,later this year.[2]Such early discoveries are overlooked, however, and the first sighting is claimed a few months later, byGalileo GalileiandChristoph Scheiner.
- March 4–George Abbotis enthroned asArchbishop of Canterburyin England.[3]
- March 9– Battle of Segaba inBegemder:Yemana Kristos, brother ofEmperor of EthiopiaSusenyos I,ends the rebellion of Melka Sedeq.
- March 19–20– TheMoscow Uprising,an armed rising of the inhabitants ofMoscowin theTsardom of Russiaagainst the militaryPolish–Lithuanian occupation of Moscow(Fall 1610–Fall 1612), results in the occupying forces starting a major fire in the city and the death of 6–7,000 Muscovites.[4]
April–June[edit]
- April 4–Denmark-NorwaydeclareswaronSweden,then capturesKalmar.
- April 7(March 28 O.S.) –False Dmitry III,the third pretender to the Russian throne to claim to be PrinceDmitry of Uglich,son ofIvan the Terrible,arrives atIvangorodand proclaims himself as the Tsar Dmitry Ivanovich I.
- April 28– TheColegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosariois established inManila,thePhilippines(later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas, and later still theUniversity of Santo Tomas).[5]
- April 30– The priest implicated in theAix-en-Provence possessionsin France is executed.
- May 2– TheAuthorized King James Versionof theBibleis published for the first time, printed byRobert BarkerinLondon.
- May 9– At the age of 16,Emperor Go-Mizunoosucceeds his fatherEmperor Go-YōzeiasEmperor of Japan.
- May 11– The first known performance ofWilliam Shakespeare'sThe Winter's Tale,probably new this year, is given at theGlobe TheatreinLondon.[6]
- May–December – EntrepreneurThomas SuttonfoundsCharterhouse School,on the site of the oldCarthusianmonastery inCharterhouse Square,Smithfield, London.
- June 13– TheSiege of Smolenskin Russia by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth succeeds after nearly two years of fighting that started on 29 September 1609. The conquest of the city is made possible by the discovery of a weakness in the walls of the fortress and the detonating of an explosive in a drainage canal.
- June 22– English explorer and sea captainHenry Hudson,his teenage son John, and seven crewmen are set adrift in or nearHudson Bay,after a mutiny on his shipDiscovery.They are never seen again.
July–September[edit]
- July 12– ThePerpetual Edictis proclaimed for the government of theSouthern Netherlands(modern-day Belgium) byArchduke Albert VIIand his wifeIsabella,the joint rulers of the Austrian-controlled nation.
- July 17– The army of the Swedish Empire commanded byJacob De la Gardiecaptures the Russian city of Novgorodafter a nine-day battle. Novgorod will remain Swedish territory for the next eight years.
- August 2–Jamestown's Deputy Governor SirThomas Gatesreturns toVirginiawith 280 people, provisions and cattle on six ships and assumes control, ruling that the fort must be strengthened.
- August 5–Nasuh Pashabecomes the newgrand vizierof theOttoman Empireafter the death ofKuyucu Murad Pasha.
- September 11– Greek Orthodox bishopDionysios Skylosophosleads an army of 700 men in a surprise attack on the city ofYanya(formerly the ancient Greek city of Ioannina) in an attempt to liberate the inhabitants from Ottoman Imperial rule. The Ottoman provincial governor, Osman Pasha, is forced to flee and his home is burned down, but Ottoman troops commanded by Aslan Pasha rout the rebels. Skylosophos is captured on September 14, then tortured to death in public.
October–December[edit]
- October 30– At the age of 16,Gustav II Adolfsucceeds his fatherCharles IXasKing of Sweden.
- November 1– AtWhitehall Palacein London,William Shakespeare's last solo play,The Tempest,is given its earliest reported performance.
- December 2(Keichō16, 10th month, 28th day) – The1611 Sanriku earthquakeof 8.1 magnitude strikes off of the coast ofJapanand causes atsunamithat kills almost 5,000 people in the northern section ofHonshuisland.
- December 5(30 Ramadan 1020 A.H.) – To celebrate the end of the daily fasting of the month ofRamadan,theMughal EmpireArmy commander,Mubariz Khan,hosts the celebration banquet and learns that Pashtun rebel leaderKhwaja Usmanand 250 of his men have evacuatedBokainagar(modern-day Gouripur inBangladesh) during the Mughal Army's holiday observance.
- December – The week-longConquest of Baklaleads to the fall of theChandradwipkingdom and the Mughal annexation of Barisal into theBengal Subah
Date unknown[edit]
- AtJamestown,John Rolfeimportstobaccoseeds from the island ofTrinidad(Nicotiana tabacum); the native tobacco isNicotiana rustica.
- Thomas Dalefounds the city ofHenricuson theJames River,with the assistance of 350 men, a few miles south of present dayRichmond, Virginia.
- Famine in Ethiopiaresulting from crop failure in the north due to weather conditions and the outbreak of a plague.
- Construction begins onNaqsh-e Jahan SquareinIsfahan,Persia.
- Itoh Gofuku,a predecessor ofMatsuzakaya,a famousdepartment store,is founded for the sale of silk inNagoya,Japan.
Births[edit]
January–March[edit]
- January 3–James Harrington,English political theorist of classical republicanism (d.1677)
- January 5–Tsarevich Ivan Dmitriyevich,pretender to the Russian throne (k.1614)
- January 28–Johannes Hevelius,Polish astronomer (d.1687)[7]
- February 2–Ulrik of Denmark,Danish prince-bishop (d.1633)
- February 3–Christian Ulrik Gyldenløve,Danish diplomat and military officer (d.1640)
- February 5(bapt.)–Philip Sherman,English-born founder of Rhode Island (d.1687)
- February 6–Chongzhen Emperorof China (d.1644)
- February 19–Andries de Graeff,Dutch politician (d.1678)
- February 24?(bapt. March 4) –William Dobson,English portrait painter (d.1646)
- February 28–William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton,English politician (d.1664)
- March 1–John Pell,English mathematician (d.1685)
- March 9–Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot,French missionary (d.1693)
- March 15–Jan Fyt,Flemish Baroque painter (d.1661)
- March 17–Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge,Swedish field marshal (d.1662)
- March 25–Evliya Çelebi,Ottoman Turk, travels around the Ottoman Empire for 40 years (d.1682)
- March 28
- Magdalena Elisabeth of Hanau,German noblewoman (d.1687)
- Henry Sherburne,American colonist (d.1680)
April–June[edit]
- April 11–Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein(d.1684)
- April 17–Simone Pignoni,Italian painter (d.1698)
- May 4–Carlo Rainaldi,Italian architect (d.1691)
- May 16–Pope Innocent XI(d.1689)[8]
- May 19–Joachim Irgens von Westervick,Dano–Norwegian noble (d.1675)
- June 15–Salomon Sweers,Dutch businessman (d.1674)
- June 22–Pablo Bruna,blind Spanish composer and organist (d.1679)
- June 24–Johan Oxenstierna,Swedish count and statesman (d.1657)
- June 28–Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick,English noble (d.1659)
July–September[edit]
- July 15–Jai Singh I,Maharaja of Jaipur (d.1667)
- July 16–Cecilia Renata of Austria,queen consort of Poland (d.1644)
- July 21–Jan van Balen,Flemish painter (d.1654)
- July 23–Henry Hungerford,English politician (d.1673)
- July 24–Giancarlo de' Medici,Italian Catholic cardinal (d.1663)
- August 4–Jan van den Hoecke,Dutch painter (d.1651)
- August 9–Henry of Nassau-Siegen,German count, officer in the Dutch Army, diplomat for the Dutch Republic (d.1652)
- September 1–William Cartwright,English dramatist (d.1643)
- September 3–Toussaint Rose,French writer (d.1701)
- September 4–George III of Brieg,Duke of Brzeg (1633–1664) (d.1664)
- September 8–Johann Friedrich Gronovius,German classical scholar (d.1671)
- September 11–Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne(d.1675)[9]
- September 17–Johann Olearius,German hymnwriter (d.1684)
October–December[edit]
- October 1–Mathias Balen,Dutch writer (d.1691)
- October 11
- Samuel Enys,English politician (d.1697)
- Hugues de Lionne,French statesman (d.1671)
- October 22–Jacques Esprit,French writer (d.1677)
- October 26
- Ove Bjelke,Norwegian civil servant (d.1674)
- Antonio Coello,Spanish dramatist and poet (d.1652)
- November 1
- François-Marie, comte de Broglie,French soldier and commander in the Thirty Years' War (d.1656)
- Walter J. Johnson,English explorer and fur trader (d.1703)
- November 12–Joachim Gersdorff,Danish politician (d.1661)
- November 18–Andreas Tscherning,German poet (d.1659)
- December 23–Abraham Wright,English theological writer and deacon (d.1690)
- December–Leonora Baroni,Italian singer (d.1670)
Date unknown[edit]
- Diego Quispe Tito,Peruvianpainter (d.1681)
Probable[edit]
- Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan,French count and musketeer, on whom the fictional character from the novelThe Three Musketeersis based (d.1673)
Deaths[edit]
January–March[edit]
- January 6–Juan de Ribera,Spanish Catholic archbishop (b.1532)
- January 16–Niiro Tadamoto,Japanese samurai (b.1526)
- February 7–Ruprecht von Eggenberg,Austrian general (b.1546)
- February 12–Henry Lee of Ditchley,English noble (b.1533)
- February 26–Antonio Possevino,Italian Jesuit protagonist of Counter Reformation, papal diplomat (b.1533)
- March 2–Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg,(b.1564)
- March 3–William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus,son of William Douglas (b.1552)
- March 5–Shimazu Yoshihisa,Japanese warlord and samurai (b.1533)
- March 13–Louis III, Count of Löwensteinsince 1541 (b.1530)
- March 17–Princess Sophia of Sweden(b.1547)
- March 20–Johann Georg Gödelmann,German demonologist (b.1559)
April–June[edit]
- April 23–Martin Ruland the Younger,German alchemist (b.1569)
- May 19
- Frederick IX, Margrave of Brandenburg,Grand Master of the Order of Saint John (b.1588)
- Zhu Zaiyu,Chinese mathematician, music theorist (b.1536)
- June 8–Jean Bertaut,French poet (b.1552)[10]
- June 23–Christian II, Elector of Saxony(b.1583)
July–September[edit]
- July 9–János Imreffy,Hungarian politician (b.1559)
- July 26–Horio Yoshiharu,Japanese warlord (b.1542)
- August–Antoni Clarassó i Terès,Spanish priest
- August 2–Katō Kiyomasa,Japanese warlord and samurai (b.1561)
- August 9–John Blagrave,English mathematician (b.1561)
- August 12–Herman van den Bergh,Dutch soldier in theEighty Years' War(b.1558)
- August 27–Tomás Luis de Victoria,Spanish composer (b. c.1548)[11]
- September 9–Eleanor de' Medici,Italian noblewoman (b.1567)
- September 17–Johannes Corputius,Dutch engineer, cartographer and military leader (b.1542)
- September 18–John Augustus, Count Palatine of Lützelstein,German count (b.1575)
- September 25–Šurhaci,Chinese prince (b.1564)
October–December[edit]
- October 3
- Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain(b.1584)
- Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne,French military leader (b.1554)
- October 11–Thomas Blague,English priest and writer (b.1545)
- October 30– KingCharles IX of Sweden(b.1550)[12]
- November 6–Peter Vok,Czech noble (b.1539)
- November 17–Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans,French duke (b.1607)
- November 22–Thomas Berkeley,English politician (b.1575)
Date unknown[edit]
- Camillo Mariani,Italian sculptor (b.1565)
- Tiryaki Hasan Pasha,Turkish beylerbey (b.1530)
- Henry Hudson,English explorer[13]
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- ^Charles Hole (1910).A Manual of English Church History.Longmans, Green, and Company. p. 278.
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- ^Ivan Volkoff; Ernest Franzgrote; A. Dean Larsen (1971).Johannes Hevelius and his catalog of stars.Brigham Young University Press. p. 7.ISBN9780842514798.
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