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 • The Royal Exchange opens in London, England. |
1592
Apr 23
Age: 46y
birth of childRebecca Buswell Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1592 • William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I of England, is taken seriously ill. |
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 • King Philip III of Spain signs an edict to expel of all moriscos from his country (see September 11). |
1609
Jun 14
burialHusbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England ⇓ Buried in the All Saints Churchyard. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1609 • London publisher Thomas Thorpe issues Shake-speares Sonnets, with a dedication to "Mr. W.H.", and the poem A Lover's Complaint appended; it is uncertain whether this publication has Shakespeare's authority. |