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1611
 
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Henry Hudson, after wintering in Hudson Bay, is set adrift in an open boat by his mutinous crew      
c. 1611
 
    
Shakespeare's last completed play, The Tempest, is performed       
1612
 
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The establishment of a Baptist church in London is a defining moment for the Baptist sect within Christianity      
1613
 
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Galileo publishes his evidence, from sun spots, proving Copernicus right and Ptolemy wrong on the solar system        
1613
 
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Michael Romanov is elected tsar, beginning a new dynasty on the Russian throne       
1613
 
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The Globe catches fire during a performance of Shakespeare's last play, Henry VIII        
1613
 
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The British East India establishes a 'factory' (a secure warehouse for the storing of Indian goods) at Surat, on the west coast       
1613
 
    
The American Indian princess Pocahontas is taken hostage by Jamestown colonists in the first Anglo-Powhatan war       
1614
 
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An edict is passed expelling Jesuit missionaries from Japan, and ordering their converts to revert to Buddhism       
1614
 
    
Pocahontas is baptized a Christian and marries John Rolfe, one of the Jamestown colonists