1607

Years:
1604 1605 1606 - 1607 - 1608 1609 1610

Decades:
1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s

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

1607 by topic:
Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

Events

January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. (Possibly tsunami)
April 25 - Battle of Gibraltar Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet
April 26 - English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia, later moving up the James River to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the United States.
August 13 - Ship Gift of God of the Plymouth Company arrives at the mouth of the modern-day Kennebec River in Maine. English colonists establish a Fort St. George, also known as the Popham Colony. The settlement lasts little more than a year before residents return to England in the first ocean going ship built in the New World, a 30-ton pinnace, called The Virginia.

Spain is effectively bankrupt.
The British national anthem, God Save the King, is first sung.
Rule of Andorra is passed jointly to the king of France and the Bishop of Urgell.
June 8 - Newton Rebellion: 40-50 peasants killed by landowners Tresham family during protests against enclosure of common land in Newton, Northamptonshire, UK - culmination of Midlands Revolt.
Yaqob is defeated in battle and deposed by his cousin Sissinios, who then becomes Emperor of Ethiopia.
The Midlands Revolt against Enclosure - first use of the terms Levellers and Diggers