Calendar year
August 16 : TheBattle of Cape Rachado is fought between Portugal and the Dutch East India Company1606 (MDCVI ) was acommon year starting on Sunday of theGregorian calendar and acommon year starting on Wednesday of theJulian calendar , the 1606th year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium , the 6th year of the17th century , and the 7th year of the1600s decade. As of the start of 1606, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
January 9 – TheBlack Nazarene , a statue, arrives inManila from Mexico.January 24 –Gunpowder Plot : The trial ofGuy Fawkes and other conspirators, for plotting againstParliament andJames I of England , begins in London.[ 1] hanged, drawn and quartered on January 30–31.January 29 – ExplorerPedro Fernandes de Queirós ofPortugal , accompanied by a party of 160 men on the shipsSan Pedro ,San Pablo andLos Tres Reyes , leads the first Europeans to discover thePitcairn Islands .February 9 – Queirós and his crew discoverMehetia , followed three days later by theTauere atoll .February 26 – Sailing on the Dutch shipDuyfken Willem Janszoon and the crew make the first confirmed sighting ofAustralia by a European, reaching theCape York Peninsula , at thePennefather River near what is nowWeipa, Queensland .[ 2] Duyfken follows by exploring the western coast.[ 3] March 19 –Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany , in the Fortezza Vecchia Chapel of Saint Francesco, elevatesLivorno to the rank of city.July 1 – Scottish ministerPatrick Simson and 44 other ministers of theChurch of Scotland sign Simson's Protest to the Scottish Parliament against the introduction to Scotland of a hierarchy of bishops.July 3 – The Russian Orthodox bishopHermogenes is installed as the newPatriarch of Moscow and all Russia , replacingIgnatius .July 10 Simion Movilă becomes the newPrince of Moldavia upon the death of his older brother,Ieremia Movilă . Simion will reign for only 14 months before being poisoned on September 14, 1607.England deports 47 Roman Catholic priests, includingThomas Garnet , putting them on board a ship bound forFlanders in what is nowBelgium . A royal proclamation is read to the group, warning them that they will be put to death if they ever return to the British Isles. July 14 – The expedition commanded by Portuguese explorerLuís Vaz de Torres , with the shipsSan Pedrico andLos Tres Reyes Magos , makes the first European sighting of South Pacific islands inNew Guinea , starting withRossel Island andTagula Island . Discoveries follow on July 18 (Basilaki Island andSideia Island ), July 20 (theDumoulin Islands andSariba Island , and July 30 (Doini Island ).July 24 – KingChristian IV of Denmark , as the guest of his brother-in-law,King James of England, Scotland and Ireland , is welcomed atLondon , and the two monarchs are driven by coaches to a banquet atTheobalds House atCheshunt ,Hertfordshire . They are entertained by playwrightBen Jonson 's play,The Entertainment of the Kings of Great Britain and Denmark July 31 – PlaywrightJohn Marston presents his own original play to King James and King Christian during the Danish monarch's visit to London.August 16 –Battle of Cape Rachado : ADutch fleet is defeated by thePortuguese .August (approx. ) – Possible first performance ofWilliam Shakespeare 's tragedyMacbeth London .[ 9] [ 10] September 20 – The trial of alleged poisoners in theFrankenstein gravediggers scandal begins in the Bohemian town ofFrankenstein .Edmund Waller John Bulwer Wouter van Twiller Julian Maunoir Hermann Conring Jeanne Mance January 1 (bapt.) –Eva Ment , Dutch culture personality (d.1652 )January 4 (bapt.) –Edmund Castell ,English orientalist (d.1685 )January 9 –William Dugard , English printer (d.1662 )January 11 –Judit Rumy , Hungarian noble (d.1663 )January 30 –Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Great Lever (d.1674 )February 10 –Christine of France , Duchess of Savoy (d.1663 )February 12 –John Winthrop, the Younger , Governor of Connecticut (d.1676 )February 16 –William White , English politician (d.1661 )February 23 February 27 –Laurent de La Hyre , French Baroque painter (d.1656 )c.February 28 –William Davenant , English poet and playwright (d.1668 ) March –Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester (d.1680 )March 3 –Edmund Waller , English poet (d.1687 )March 18 –John X of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp , Prince-Bishop of Lübeck (1634–1655) (d.1655 )March 20 –Georg von Derfflinger , field marshal in the army of Brandenburg-Prussia (1618–1648) (d.1695 )March 25 –Gertrude More , English nun (d.1633 )March 27 –Hans Svane , Danish statesman (d.1668 )March 28 –Jacob Masen , German poet (d.1681 )March 30 –Vincentio Reinieri , Italian mathematician and astronomer (d.1647 )April 1 –Ernest Christopher, Count of Rietberg (1625–1640) (d.1640 )April 5 –Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt , Translator (d.1664 )April 6 –Amable de Bourzeys , French writer and academic (d.1672 )April 14 –Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt , Countess of East Frisia (d.1659 )May 3 May 6 –John Norton , American divine (d.1663 )May 12 –Joachim von Sandrart , German Baroque art-historian and painter (d.1688 )May 14 –Agnes of Hesse-Kassel , Princess consort of Anhalt-Dessau (d.1650 )May 16 (bapt.) –John Bulwer , British doctor (d.1656 )May 17 –Marco Faustini , Italian opera manager (d.1676 )May 22 –Wouter van Twiller , Director-General of New Netherland from 1633 until 1638 (d.1654 )May 23 –Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz , Spanish writer (d.1682 )May 25 –Saint Charles Garnier , Jesuit missionary (d.1649 )[ 14] June 3 –George Aribert of Anhalt-Dessau , German nobleman (d.1643 )June 6 –Pierre Corneille , French dramatist (d.1684 )June 16 –Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall , Irish peer and soldier (d.1675 )June 19 –James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton , Scottish politician and noble (d.1649 )Rembrandt July 8 –Jean Gamans , German hagiographer (d.1684 )July 10 –Corfitz Ulfeldt , Danish statesman (d.1664 )July 13 –Roland Fréart de Chambray , French architectural theorist (d.1676 )July 15 –Rembrandt (van Rijn), Dutch painter (d.1669 )[ 15] July 20 –Hans Conrad Werdmüller , Swiss military commander (d.1674 )August 13 –Esteban de Aguilar y Zúñiga , Spanish writer (d.1681 )August 15 –Giovanna Maria Bonomo , beatified Italian Catholic nun (d.1670 )August 18 –Maria Anna of Spain (d.1646 )August 22 –Camille de Neufville de Villeroy , Archbishop of Lyon (d.1693 )September 1 –Nicholas Slanning , English politician (d.1643 )September 12 –John Spelman , English politician (d.1663 )September 18 September 22 September 28 –Sir William Drake, 1st Baronet , English politician (d.1669 )October 1 –Julian Maunoir , French Jesuit priest (d.1683 )October 12 October 14 –Joan Maetsuycker , Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1653 to 1678 (d.1678 )October 16 –Ottavio Amigoni , Italian painter (d.1661 )October 19 –Sir Gerrard Napier, 1st Baronet , English politician (d.1673 )October 20 –Francesco Maria Mancini , Italian Catholic cardinal (d.1672 )October 30 –Jean-Jacques Bouchard , French erotic writer (d.1641 )November 9 –Hermann Conring , German philosopher (d.1681 )November 12 –Jeanne Mance , French nurse and settler of New France (d.1673 )December 1 –Johann von Hoverbeck , Prussian diplomat (d.1682 )December 8 –Nicolò Sagredo , 105th Doge of Venice (d.1676 )December 11 –Thomas Nott , English Army officer (d.1681 )Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania Turibius of Mogrovejo Henry Garnet Guru Arjan January 4 –George Villiers , English knight (b.1544 )January 6 –Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona , Spanish diplomat (b.1550 )January 11 –Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg , Lord of Rheda (b.1554 )January 20 –Sibylle Elisabeth of Württemberg , Duchess consort of Saxony (b.1584 )January 29 –Edward Tyrrell , English politician (b.1551 )January 30 January 31 February 21 –Richard Field , English Jesuit (b.1554 )March 2 –Martin Moller , German poet and mystic (b.1547 )March 6 –Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein , Dutch army commander (b.1550 )March 7 –Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania -Stettin from 1603 to 1606 (b.1544 )March 10 – EmperorYaqob of Ethiopia (killed in battle)March 15 –Balthasar von Dernbach , Prince-Abbot of Fulda (b.1548 )March 16 –Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monterrey , Spanish colonial administrator and Viceroy of Mexico (b.1540 )March 23 March 25 –François de Bar , French scholar (b.1538 )April 3 –Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon , English politician (b.1563 )April 7 –Edward Oldcorne , English martyr (b.1561 )April 16 –John Addey , English shipwright (b.1550 )May 3 –Henry Garnet , English Jesuit (executed) (b.1555 )May 17 May 22 –José de Sigüenza , Spanish theologian (b.1544 )May 30 –Guru Arjan Dev , fifth of theSikh gurus (executed) (b.1563 )July 7 –Christopher, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg , co-ruler of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Harburg (1603–1606) (b.1570 )July 28 –Antonio de Raya Navarrete , Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuzco (1594–1606) (b.1536 )September 2 –Karel van Mander , Dutch painter and poet (b.1548 )September 3 –Juan de Borja y Castro , Spanish noble (b.1533 )September 9 –Leonhard Lechner , German composer and music editor (b.1553 )September 28 –Nicolaus Taurellus , German philosopher and theologian (b.1547 )October 5 –Philippe Desportes , French poet (b.1546 )October 8 –Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (b.1536 )November 8 –Girolamo Mercuriale , Italian philologist and physician (b.1530 )November 16 –Alderano Cybo-Malaspina , Italian nobleman (b.1552 )November 20 – (burial date)John Lyly , English writer (b.1553 )December 29 –Stephen Bocskay , Prince of Transylvania (b.1557 )Date unknown –Akaza Naoyasu , Japanese nobleman^ Guy Eden (1949).The Parliament Book ^ Norman Davies,Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey Into History (Penguin Books, 2017) ^ McHugh, Evan (2006).1606: An Epic Adventure . 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