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| Years: 1611 1612 1613 - 1614 - 1615 1616 1617 | |
| Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
- October 11 - Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named "New Netherland".
- The French Estates-General meets for the last time before the era of the French Revolution. In between, France will be governed as an absolute monarchy.
- John Napier publishes a paper outlining his discovery of logarithms.
- The University of Groningen is established.
- Institution of the Rosicrucian Order in Germany according to Fraternitas Rosae Crucis.
- Toyotomi Hideyori attempts to restore Osaka Castle. Tokugawa Ieyasu, father of the Shogun, is outraged at this act, and takes the castle by storm.
Births
- January 1 - John Wilkins, English clergyman (d. 1672)
- July 10 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey (d. 1686)
Deaths
- April 7 - El Greco, Greek-born artist (b. 1541)
- August 21 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (b. 1560)af:1614
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