1546
| 1546 • Potosí, in modern day Bolivia, is founded by the Spanish as a mining town. The silver mined from Huayna Potosí mountain in Potosí provides most of the wealth on which the Spanish Empire is based until its fall in the early 19th century. |
1571
Age: 25y
| 1571 • Following conquest of the Kingdom of Maynila, Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi makes Manila a city and the capital of the Philippines. |
1592
Apr 23
Age: 46y
birth of childRebecca Buswell Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1592 • Negotiations begin for the dissolution of the childless marriage of Henry IV of France and Marguerite de Valois. |
1609
Jun
Age: 63y
deathHusbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England ⇓ 'The will of Roger Buswell, dated 22 November 1606 ... named ... his wife Margaret and specified the order of his sons and daugthers as respectively Elias, Erasmus, William, Thomas, and Isaac, sons, and Agnes, Susanna, Rebecca, and Joan, daughters. ... 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1609 • Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian officials. |
1609
Jun 14
burialHusbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England ⇓ Buried in the All Saints Churchyard. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1609 • Henry Hudson enters New York Bay aboard the Halve Maen. |