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| 1609 |
| | | News sheets published in Augsburg and Strasbourg become the first known newspapers | |
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| 1609 |
| | | Shakespeare's sonnets, written ten years previously, are published | |
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| c. 1610 |
| | | A flintlock designed in France (possibly by Marin Le Bourgeoys) becomes the standard firing mechanism for muskets | |
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| 1610 |
| | | Galileo, with his new powerful telescope, observes the moons of Jupiter and spots moving on the surface of the sun | |
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| 1610 |
| | | Henry IV is assassinated in a Paris street by a Roman Catholic, François Ravaillac | |
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| 1610 |
| | | After the assassination of Henry IV, his wife Marie de Médicis becomes regent for the 9-year-old Louis XIII | |
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| 1610 |
| | | Sir Thomas Vavasour builds Ham House | |
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| c. 1610 |
| | | A 3 storey brick mansion set in 74 acres, later known as Cambridge Park, is built by Sir Humphrey Lynd. | |
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| 1610 |
| | | The first documented Caesarian section in which the mother survives | |
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| 1611 |
| | | Henry Hudson, after wintering in Hudson Bay, is set adrift in an open boat by his mutinous crew | |
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