1545
| 1545 • Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez sets out to navigate the northern coast of New Guinea. |
1590
Age: 45y
birth of childPieter Janszoon Quackenbosch Holland ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1590 • Agnes Sampson is questioned by King James VI of Scotland and confesses to practising witchcraft. |
1611
Age: 66y
| 1611 • Jamestown: John Rolfe imports tobacco seeds from the island of Trinidad (Nicotiana tabacum); the native tobacco is Nicotiana rustica. |