1616

Years: 1613 1614 1615 - 1616 - 1617 1618 1619

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

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1616 in literature 1616 in science

Events

• Dirk Hartog lands on a island off the Western Australian coast
• Pocahontas arrives in England
• War between Venice and Austria
• Collegium Musicum founded in Praque
• Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Roman Catholic Church

Births

• May 24 - John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, (+ 1682)
• May 25 - Carlo Dolci, Italian artist, (+1686)
• August 6 - John Higginson, English clergyman, (+1708)

Deaths

• January 6 - Philip Henslowe, English theatre manager
• April 23 (Gregorian Calendar)- Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author.
• April 23 (Julian Calendar)/ May 3 (Gregorian Calendar) - William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet.
• August 7 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect
• Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun