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The Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens completes an altarpiece in Rome which is an early masterpiece of the baroque
A lucky accident reveals the principle of the telescope to a spectacle maker, Hans Lippershey. In the Dutch town of Middelburg
A second false Dmitry marches on Moscow, to be followed by a third in 1612
Rubens returns from Italy to Antwerp, where he soon establishes Europe's most successful and prolific studio
A shipload of Puritans, among them some of the future Pilgrim Fathers, sail from Boston in Lincolnshire to seek religious freedom in Holland
Henry Hudson reaches the inlet of New York Bay and explores the river now known by his name
Galileo improves on the Dutch telescope (and doubles his salary by presenting one to his employer)
The Blue Mosque, commissioned by Ahmed I, begins to rise in Istanbul like a twin to the nearby Santa Sophia
A law is passed expelling the Moriscos from Spain, with the result that some 300,000 are shipped to north Africa
Castaways from an English vessel reach Bermuda, which becomes the first British island in the new world
Shakespeare's sonnets, written ten years previously, are published
A flintlock designed in France (possibly by Marin Le Bourgeoys) becomes the standard firing mechanism for muskets
Galileo, with his new powerful telescope, observes the moons of Jupiter and spots moving on the surface of the sun
Henry IV is assassinated in a Paris street by a Roman Catholic, François Ravaillac
After the assassination of Henry IV, his wife Marie de Médicis becomes regent for the 9-year-old Louis XIII
Henry Hudson, after wintering in Hudson Bay, is set adrift in an open boat by his mutinous crew
Shakespeare's last completed play, The Tempest, is performed
Galileo publishes his evidence, from sun spots, proving Copernicus right and Ptolemy wrong on the solar system
Michael Romanov is elected tsar, beginning a new dynasty on the Russian throne
The Globe catches fire during a performance of Shakespeare's last play, Henry VIII
The British East India establishes a 'factory' (a secure warehouse for the storing of Indian goods) at Surat, on the west coast
The American Indian princess Pocahontas is taken hostage by Jamestown colonists in the first Anglo-Powhatan war
Pocahontas is baptized a Christian and marries John Rolfe, one of the Jamestown colonists
Sir Thomas Roe, the first British ambassador to India, arrives at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir
Richelieu begins his public career, becoming a secretary of state to Marie de Médicis
