Events in year of 1606
- 04-12England adopts Union Jack as its flag
- 05-162,000 foreigners murdered in Russia
- 06-25Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt"
- 06-25St. Jansday is forbidden
- 11-11Turkey and Austria sign Treaty of Zsitva-Torok
- 12-20Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown, Virginia
People born in year of 1606
- 03-03Edmund Waller: England, United Kingdom -- Poet (Penshust)
- 05-06Lorenzo Lippi [Perlone Zipoli]: Poet / painter
- 06-06Pierre Corneille: France -- Dramatist (El Cid, Horace)
- 10-14Johan Maetsuyker: Dutch Governor-General of Ceylon (1653-78)
- 11-20Abraham de Wicquefort: Dutch diplomat / historian
- 11-22Pieter II de Jode: Flemish engraver / publisher
- 12-20Christoph Schultze: Composer
People died in year of 1606
- 01-28Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan]: Dutch lawyer / pastor / vicar, dies at 85
- 01-31Guy Fawkes: Convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35
- 03-23Justus Lipsius [Joost Lips]: Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58
- 05-17Forges Dimitri #1: Czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered
- 10-08Jan [the Aged]: Count of Nassau / fathered 24
- 11-12Matthaus Ludecus: Composer, dies at 79
Events in year of 1607
- 04-25Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish / Portuguese fleet
- 04-261st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Virginia
- 05-13English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in Virginia
- 05-141st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Virginia
- 06-211st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown
- 06-25Mentally ill Emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia
- 06-30Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published
- 07-07"God Save the King" is 1st sung
People born in year of 1607
- 01-31James Stanley: 7th Earl of Derby
- 02-09Abraham Megerle: Composer
- 03-01Giovanni Francesco Milanta: Composer
- 03-08Johann Rist: Composer
- 03-24Michiel A de Ruyter: Dutch Rear Admiral (St Vincent, Dune)
- 08-05Philipp Friedrich Boddecker: Composer
- 10-04Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla: Span playwright (Del Rey Abajo Ninguno)
- 10-24John Lievensz: Painter / etcher / wood carver
- 11-06Sigmund Theophil Staden: Composer
- 11-19Erasmus Quellinus II [Quellien]: Flemish painter / etcher
- 11-26John Harvard: England, United Kingdom -- Clergyman / scholar, founded Harvard University
- 11-28Pietro Sforza: Italian theologist - Istoria del Concilio di Trento
People died in year of 1607
- 02-23Herman Herbertsz: Vicar, dies at about 60
- 04-15Cornelius Kilianus: Flemish translator / poet, dies at about 78
- 04-25Don Juan Alvarez: Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle
- 04-25Jacob van Heemskerck: Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle
- 07-20Paulus Merula: Dutch lawyer / Historian (Historia Belgica), dies at 48
- 09-22Alessandro Agnolo Allori: Italian Painter / carpet designer, dies at 72
- 10-26Philipp Nicolai: German Lutherian Theologist / Poet / composer, dies at 52
Events in year of 1608
- 01-07Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia
- 05-19Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague
- 06-01Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-Government
- 07-03Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec
- 07-20Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft
- 08-241st English convoy lands at Surat India
- 09-10John Smith elected President of Jamestown colony council, Virginia
- 09-29Captain Newport arrives from England with supplies for colonists
- 10-02Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey
People born in year of 1608
- 01-28Giovanni Alfonso Borelli: Naples, Italy -- Mathematician / astronomer
- 02-06Antonio Vieira: Portuguese Jesuit preacher
- 06-19Thomas Fuller: England, United Kingdom -- Literary (History of the Holy War)
- 07-13Ferdinand III: King of Hungary / Bohemia / German Emperor (1637-57)
- 09-01Giacomo Torelli: Composer
- 09-03Pieter Stockmans: Flemish Chairman of military
- 12-06George Monck / Monk: English General / gov of Scotland
- 12-09John Milton: London, England -- Poet / puritan (Paradise Lost)
People died in year of 1608
- 04-19Earl of Dorset: Poet / statesman
- 06-04Francesco Caracciolo: Italian religious founder / saint, dies at 44
- 07-18Joachim III Frederik: Ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61
- 08-27Hendrik van Kinschot [Henricus Kinschotus]: Lawyer, dies at 66
- 10-19Martinus A del Rio: Spanish lawyer Historian / theologist
- 10-26Juan Pantoja de la Cruz: Spanish royal painter