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| 1582 • Italy, Poland and Iberian Peninsula make the next day Friday, October 15 of the Gregorian Calendar, skipping over 10 days. Other countries follow at various later dates. |
1604
Sep 4
Age: 22y
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marriageRichard Skidmore Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England ⇓ They were married at the Holy Trinity Church in Westbury-on-Trym. The first church on the site was established in the 8th century, and construction of the present building was in the thirteenth century. It has been rebuilt several times since. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1604 • First recorded performance of William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello, at Whitehall Palace in London. |
1605
Age: 23y
birth of childThomas Skidmore Mayshill, Westerleigh, Gloustershire, England ⇓ In the Spring. She re-married John Cooke as her second husband in 1608, and the register shows that the Cookes had eight children. Evidence suggests that her son did not live with his mother and stepfather, but that his youth was spent mainly in Westerleigh with his grandfather and (in particular) with his uncle Thomas Skidmore. 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1605 • The first part of Miguel de Cervantes' satire on the theme of chivalry, Don Quixote (El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, "The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha"), is published in Madrid. One of the first significant novels in the western literary tradition, it becomes a global bestseller almost at once. |