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Sir Thomas Roe, the first British ambassador to India, arrives at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir
The Mughal school of painting reaches a peak of perfection in the reign of Jahangir
Richelieu begins his public career, becoming a secretary of state to Marie de Médicis
Pocahontas fascinates Londoners when she arrives with her husband to publicize Jamestown
John Smith publishes A Description of New England, an account of his exploration of the region in 1614
William Shakespeare dies at New Place, his home in Stratford-upon-Avon, and is buried in Holy Trinity Church
The treaty of Stolbova brings into Swedish hands the coast round the Gulf of Finland, ending Russian access to the Baltic
Albrecht von Wallenstein uses his wife's fortune to mobilize a private army in support of the emperor Ferdinand II
Bohemian nobles throw the Habsburg regents out of a window in the castle in Prague, thus triggering the Thirty Years' War
The Teatro Farnese in Parma is the first to have a proscenium arch, framing perspective scenery painted on flat wings
The 19-year-old Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck is employed by Rubens in Antwerp as his chief assistant
The Protestant Frederick V (elector palatine of the Rhine) is elected king by the rebellious Bohemian nobles
Jan Pieterszoon Coen destroys the town of Jakarta, on the coast of Java, and rebuilds it as a Dutch trading centre under the name Batavia
Dee’s house and estate are purchased by Francis Crane to establish the Mortlake Tapestry Works, with eighteen looms operated by Flemish weavers
The Pilgrims (or Pilgrim Fathers), a group of 102 English settlers, sail in the Mayflower to the new world
Ten days after their first landfall, at Cape Cod, the adult males on the Mayflower agree a form of government for their new colony
The Dutch painter Frans Hals displays exceptional brilliance in his group portraits, including several of the civic guards of Haarlem
The battle of the White Mountain, to the west of Prague, ends the brief reign of Frederick V in Bohemia
Delft becomes the centre for tin-glazed earthenware in nothern Europe, specializing in the blue-and-white Chinese style
In his Novum Organum Francis Bacon introduces a modern philosophy of experimental science
The Pilgrims on the Mayflower select a place for their settlement, and give it the name of Plymouth, their port of departure in England
William Bradford begins a journal of the Pilgrims' experience in New England, subsequently published (in 1856) as History of Plymouth Plantation
The Mayflower settlers in Plymouth offer thanksgiving for their first harvest, eating turkeys in a celebration shared by local Indians
The first English newspaper (Corante) appears, promising reports 'from Italy, Germany, Hungarie, Spaine and France'
William Bradford, one of the Pilgrims from the Mayflower, is elected governor of the new Plymouth Colony
