Years: 1608 1609 1610 - 1611 - 1612 1613 1614

Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Events

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• June 23 - Henry Hudson's crew maroons him, his son and 7 others in a boat
• November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time.

• Gustavus Adolphus becomes king of Sweden
• Denmark attacks Sweden
• Complete King James Version of the Bible first published in England
• George Abbot becomes archbishop of Canterbury
• Johannes and David Fabricius discover sunspots
• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan
• Emperor Go-Mizunoo ascends to the throne of Japan

Gov. Sir Thomas Dale arrives at Jamestown from England announcing new rules called "Laws Divine, Morall and Martial."

• Thomas Dale founds the city of Henricus on the James River a few miles south of present day Richmond, Virginia

Births

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• January 28 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (d. 1687)
• May 16 - Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
• July 16 - Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland
• September 8 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d. 1671)
• September 11 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d. 1675)
• November 1 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)

See also Category:1611 births.

Deaths

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• March 5 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
• June 8 - Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552)
• July 26 - Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)
• August 2 - Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)
• August 20 - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. 1548)
• October 3 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)
• October 30 - King Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1550)

See also Category:1611 deaths.

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