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| Years: 1610 1611 1612 - 1613 - 1614 1615 1616 | |||
| Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s | |||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery.
- February 7 - An Assembly of the Russian Empire elects Mikhail Romanov to be Tsar of Russia, and establishes the Romanov Dynasty.
- June 29 - Fire destroys London's Globe Theatre
- Francesco Andreini's L'Adamo is published.
- King James I of Scotland successfully mediates the Peace of Knäred treaty between Denmark and Sweden.
- The New River was opened, to supply London with drinking water from Hertfordshire
- Adriaen Block's ship Tyger is destroyed by fire, forcing him and his crew to spend the winter on Manhattan
- James I of England comdemns duels in his proclamation Against Private Challenges and Combats
- Ottoman Empire invades Hungary
- Locust swarm destroys La Camarque, France
- Sultan Agung takes the throne of the kingdom of Mataram on Java.
Births
- February 2 - Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
- March 12 - André Le Nôtre, French landscape gardener (d. 1700)
- April 7 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
- April 27 - Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1533)
- May 31 - John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)
- August 15 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
- September 15 - François de la Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)
- November 5 - Isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691)
- December 23 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)
- Richard Crashaw, English poet (d. 1649)
- Claude Perrault, French architect (d. 1688)
- Henry Vane, English politician (d. 1662)
Deaths
- January 28 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (b. 1545)
- April 27 - Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit missionary (b. 1532)
- August 7 - Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)
- August 18 - Giovanni Artusi, Italian composer
- September 8 - Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
- September 15 - Thomas Overbury, English poet (murdered) (b. 1581)
- November 16 - Trajano Boccalini, Italian satirist (b. 1556)
- December 6 - Anton Praetorius, German pastor (b. 1560)
