|
|
| Attorney Bacon, Francis |  |
| London Appointed Attorney General
|
| Birth John George II |  |
| Saxony Birth of John George II, son of Elector John George I
|
| Capture Argall, Samuel | |
| Pocahontas Captures Pocahontas
|
| Capture Charles Emmanuel I |  |
| Monferrato Captured from Spain but is forced to relinquish it in 1617
|
| Conversion John Sigismund | |
| Brandenburg Converts to Calvinism
|
| Declaration of War Michael |  |
| Sweden declares war on Russia
|
| Destruction Globe Theatre Shakespeare, William | |
| 29th June London The Globe Theatre is burnt down during a production of Henry VIII
|
| Discovery of Copernican System Galileo, Galilei | |
| Attempts to show there is scriptural support for his beliefs but condemned by the Pope
|
| Published in "letters on the solar spots"
|
| Election Michael | |
| 21st Feb The elecoral assembly of 700 select Michael as the new Tsar
|
| Knighthood Cranfield, Lionel | |
| Cranfield is knighted
|
| Marriage Elizabeth | |
| Feb Elizabeth marries Frederick Elector of the Palatine
|
| Feb Founds the English Hanoverian Dynasty
|
| Marriage James I | |
| Feb James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederick, the Elector of the Palatine
|
| Marriage Frederick V | |
| Marries Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England
|
| Privy Council Coke, Edward | |
| London Appointed Privy Councillor
|
| Succession Bethlen of Transylvania |  |
| With Ottoman backing overthrows Gabor Bathory of Hungary
|
| Transylvania Succeeds as Prince of Transylvania, 1613-1629
|
| Succession Michael | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, 1st of the Romanov line
|
| Surveyor General Cranfield, Lionel | |
| Appointed Surveyor General of Customs
|
| Treaty of Knared Oxenstierna |  |
| Knared Negotiates a peace Treaty with Denmark
|
| Trinity Hospital Howard | |
| Greenwich Founds Trinity Hospital, known as Norfolk College
|
