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| 1609 |
| | | Henry Hudson reaches the inlet of New York Bay and explores the river now known by his name | |
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| 1609 |
| | | Johannes Kepler, in Prague, puts forward the radical proposition that the planets move in elliptical rather than circular orbits | |
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| 1609 |
| | | Galileo improves on the Dutch telescope (and doubles his salary by presenting one to his employer) | |
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| 1609 |
| | | The Blue Mosque, commissioned by Ahmed I, begins to rise in Istanbul like a twin to the nearby Santa Sophia | |
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| 1609 |
| | | A law is passed expelling the Moriscos from Spain, with the result that some 300,000 are shipped to north Africa | |
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| 1609 |
| | | Castaways from an English vessel reach Bermuda, which becomes the first British island in the new world | |
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| 1609 |
| | | News sheets published in Augsburg and Strasbourg become the first known newspapers | |
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| 1609 |
| | | Shakespeare's sonnets, written ten years previously, are published | |
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| c. 1610 |
| | | A flintlock designed in France (possibly by Marin Le Bourgeoys) becomes the standard firing mechanism for muskets | |
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| 1610 |
| | | Galileo, with his new powerful telescope, observes the moons of Jupiter and spots moving on the surface of the sun | |
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