1591
| 1591 • Pope Innocent IX succeeds Pope Gregory XIV as the 230th pope. |
1610
Age: 19y
marriageMary Mitchell 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1610 • Jamestown, Virginia: Acting as temporary Governor, Thomas Gates, along with John Rolfe, Captain Ralph Hamor, Sir George Somers, and other survivors from the Sea Venture (wrecked at Bermuda) arrive at Jamestown; they find that 60 have survived the "starving time" (winter), the fort palizadoes and gates have been torn down, and empty houses have been used for firewood, in fear of attacks by natives outside the fort area. |
1618
Jun 29
Age: 27y
|
birth of childJohn Tillotson Halifax, Yorkshire, England ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1618 • The Second Defenestration of Prague – Protestant noblemen hold a mock trial and throw two direct representatives of Ferdinand II of Germany (Imperial Governors) and their scribe out of a window into a pile of manure, exacerbating a low-key rebellion into the Bohemian Revolt (1618–1621) precipitating the Thirty Years' War into armed conflict and further polarizing Europe on religious grounds. |
1628
Age: 37y
| 1628 • Publication of Sir Edward Coke's Institutes of the Lawes of England begins with A Commentary upon Littleton. This will remain an influential legal text on both sides of the Atlantic for three centuries. |