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Johannes Kepler, in Prague, puts forward the radical proposition that the planets move in elliptical rather than circular orbits
Galileo improves on the Dutch telescope (and doubles his salary by presenting one to his employer)
The Blue Mosque, commissioned by Ahmed I, begins to rise in Istanbul like a twin to the nearby Santa Sophia
A law is passed expelling the Moriscos from Spain, with the result that some 300,000 are shipped to north Africa
Castaways from an English vessel reach Bermuda, which becomes the first British island in the new world
News sheets published in Augsburg and Strasbourg become the first known newspapers
Shakespeare's sonnets, written ten years previously, are published
Sir Thomas Vavasour builds Ham House
A flintlock designed in France (possibly by Marin Le Bourgeoys) becomes the standard firing mechanism for muskets
Galileo, with his new powerful telescope, observes the moons of Jupiter and spots moving on the surface of the sun
Henry IV is assassinated in a Paris street by a Roman Catholic, François Ravaillac
After the assassination of Henry IV, his wife Marie de Médicis becomes regent for the 9-year-old Louis XIII
A 3 storey brick mansion set in 74 acres, later known as Cambridge Park, is built by Sir Humphrey Lynd.
The first documented Caesarian section in which the mother survives
Henry Hudson, after wintering in Hudson Bay, is set adrift in an open boat by his mutinous crew
Shakespeare's last completed play, The Tempest, is performed
The establishment of a Baptist church in London is a defining moment for the Baptist sect within Christianity
Galileo publishes his evidence, from sun spots, proving Copernicus right and Ptolemy wrong on the solar system
Michael Romanov is elected tsar, beginning a new dynasty on the Russian throne
The Globe catches fire during a performance of Shakespeare's last play, Henry VIII
The British East India establishes a 'factory' (a secure warehouse for the storing of Indian goods) at Surat, on the west coast
The American Indian princess Pocahontas is taken hostage by Jamestown colonists in the first Anglo-Powhatan war
An edict is passed expelling Jesuit missionaries from Japan, and ordering their converts to revert to Buddhism
Pocahontas is baptized a Christian and marries John Rolfe, one of the Jamestown colonists
In Minfici Logarithmorum Canonis DescriptioJohn Napier describes the functioning of his logarithms as a useful mathematical tool
