PEACH

History

1616

Population: 542 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Ben Johnson (collected works), Thomas Middleton The Witch (tragedy), Johann Balentin Andrea (formation of the Rosicrucians), Paulus Bolduanus Bibliotheca philosophica, St. Francis de Sales, John Smith A Description of New England, Gustavus Selenus Chess, or the Game of Kings
Art includes Frans Hals, Inigo Jones, Reubens "The Lion Hunt", Cervantes Don Quixote
Medicine: Circulation of blood discovered by Dr. William Harvey
Religion: Pope issues statement declaring Copernican system false
Science: Galileo prohibited from scientific work
Dutch astronomer and mathematician Willebrord Snellius discovers law of refraction
Vanini suggests humans descended from apes
Liceti publishes book claiming monsters created to invoke wonder
Deaths: William Shakespeare, Author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Dramatist Francis Beaumont, Ieyasu of Japan, Alchemist Andreas Libavius

first rounding of Cape Horn by Willem Schouten and Jacob Lemaire (Dutch)

Canada: William Baffin discovers Baffin Bay while looking for North-West Passage
Guiana: Sir Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to lead expedition to Guiana in dearch of El Dorado

China: Tartars of Manchu invade
Japan: Ieyasu of Japan dies, - succeeded by Hidetada a militant enemy of Christianity
Philippines: Eruption of Maoyn for first time in recorded history

General: War between Venice and Austria
Belgium: Notre Dame Cathedral in Antwerp finished
Czechoslovakia: Catholic oppression intensifies in Bohemia
Collegium Musicum founded in Prague
England: Earl of Worcester (Catholic) made Lord Privy Seal – Sir Thomas Lake made Secretary of State
James I begons to sell peerages to improve finances in England
Sir Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to leade American expedition
Pochahontas goes to London with husband
France: Richelieu becomes Minister of State for Foreign affairs and War in France
Holy Roman Empire: Archduke Maximilian of Tirol and Archduke Albert of the Netherlands renounce their claims to Imperial throne in favor of Ferdinand of Styria

Australia: Dutch captain Hartog makes first European landing on west coast of Australia