1545
| 1545 • In Ming Dynasty China a large failure of the harvest in Henan province occurs due to excessive rainfall, which drives up the price of wheat and forces many to flee their rural counties; those who stay behind are forced to survive by eating leaves, bark, and human flesh. |
1590
Age: 45y
birth of childPieter Janszoon Quackenbosch Holland ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1590 • Gregory XIV succeeds Urban VII as the 229th pope. |
1611
Age: 66y
| 1611 • The English explorer and sea captain Henry Hudson, his teenage son John, and six crewmen are set adrift in or near Hudson Bay after a mutiny on his ship Discovery. They are never seen again. |