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1605
 
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Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes publishes the first part of his satirically romantic novel Don Quixote       
1605
 
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The Gunpowder Plot, attempting murder and treason, severely damages the Catholic cause in Britain     
Confession of Guy Fawkes in 1605
National Archives, Kew

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1606
 
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The satirical voice of the English playwright Ben Jonson is heard to powerful effect in Volpone       
Benjamin Jonson, by van Blyenberch, c.1617
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1607
 
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Claudio Monteverdi presents Orfeo, the first opera to win a lasting place in the international repertory       
1607
 
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The earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel sail from Ireland with their families, in the event known as the Flight of the Earls        
1607
 
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Colonists establish the first lasting British settlement in the new world, at Jamestown      
American neighbour of the Jamestown settlers, 1612
National Archives, Kew

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1607
 
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The Jamestown settlers meet an unfriendly reception from the local Powhatan Indians, having to use their muskets to beat off an attack within two weeks of their arrival       
1608
 
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The Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens completes an altarpiece in Rome which is an early masterpiece of the baroque       
1608
 
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A lucky accident reveals the principle of the telescope to a spectacle maker, Hans Lippershey. In the Dutch town of Middelburg       
1608
 
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A second false Dmitry marches on Moscow, to be followed by a third in 1612