Events in year of 1616
- 01-24Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire / Cape Receiver
- 02-26Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo
- 03-20Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana
- 04-23Netherlands buys De Briel / Vlissingen / Fort Rammekens from England
- 04-30English King Jacob I leaves Brielle / Vlissingen
- 05-03Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war
- 10-25VOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia
- 11-20Bishop Richelieu becomes French Minister of Foreign Affairs / War
People born in year of 1616
- 01-13Antoinette Bourignon: Flemish mystic / French religious fanatic
- 01-30William Sancroft: Archbishop (Canterbury)
- 02-19Jacques de Saint-Luc: Composer
- 02-28Kaspar Forster: Composer
- 03-06Malachias Siebenhaar: Composer
- 03-29Johann Erasmus Kindermann: Composer
- 05-19Johann Jacob Froberger: German singer / Organist / composer
- 10-02A Gryphius: Writer
- 11-19Eustache Le Sueur: French painter
- 11-23John Wallis: English mathematician / cryptographer (product of Wallis)
- 12-21Pietro Andrea Ziani: Composer
People died in year of 1616
- 02-12John Drusius: Of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65
- 03-06Francis Beaumont: Elizabethan playwright
- 04-23Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69
- 04-23William Shakesphere: Engl Author (Hamlet), dies on his 52nd birthday
- 06-12Cornelis F Schuyt: Dutch Organist / Composer (Madrigalen)
- 07-25Andreas Libavius: German alchemist
- 08-07Vincenzo Scamozzi: Ital Architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice)
- 08-08Cornelis Ketel: Dutch portrait Painter / poet, buried at 68
- 08-26Johan van de Veeken: Merchant / co-founder (VOC), dies at 66
- 08-31Gemignano Capilupi: Composer, dies at 43
- 10-10Maria van Nassau: Countess of Buren, dies at 60
- 12-10Diogo do Couto: Portuguese Historian / archivist of Goa, dies at 74
- 12-31Jacques Le Maire: Pirate / explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31
Events in year of 1617
- 03-09Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa
- 08-231st one-way streets open (London)
- 10-09Peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye)
- 10-31Laurens Reael resigns as Governor-General of East-Indies
People born in year of 1617
- 04-03Antimo Liberati: Composer
- 05-23Elias Ashmole: Antiquary
- 08-08Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel: Flemish Missionary (Bantu Dictionary)
- 08-13Johann A Quenstedt: German Lutherian theologist
People died in year of 1617
- 01-01Hendrick Goltzius: Dutch Painter / cartoonist / engraver
- 01-17Pieter C Bockenberg: Dutch historian, dies at 68
- 02-04Louis Elsevier: Dutch publisher, dies at about 76
- 02-06Prosper Alpinus: Italian Physician / botanist, dies at 63
- 02-09Hans Christoph Haiden: Composer, dies at 44
- 03-04Arcangelo Crivelli: Composer, dies at 70
- 03-20Franciscus Aguilon: Physicist / Theologist / mathematician, dies at 50
- 04-04John Napier: Scottish Mathematician / inventor (logarithms)
- 04-24Carlo Concino: French Marquis of Ancre / state advisor, murdered
- 05-07David Fabricius: German astronomer, dies at 53
- 06-28Johan Evertsen de Captain: Swiss Admiral, dies in battle
- 09-27Johan Earnest Count of Nassau-Siegen
- 10-02Isaac Oliver: Miniature painter
- 10-11Franchois Vranck: Economist / writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
- 11-22Ahmed I: 14th Sultan of Turkey (1603-17)
Events in year of 1618
- 01-07Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor
- 05-15Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law
- 05-232nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War
- 05-23Imperial civil servants thrown out a window of Prague Castle
- 07-16Captain John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain
- 09-04"Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed
- 12-11Russia and Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino
People born in year of 1618
- 01-14Jan Six: Dutch Mayor of Amsterdam
- 04-02Francesco M Grimaldi: Mathematician / physicist (light defraction)
- 09-09Joan Cererols: Composer
- 10-06Miguel Gomez Camargo: Composer
- 11-01Johannes Flittner: Composer
- 11-03Aurangzeb [Alamgir]: Emperor of India (1658-1707)
- 12-26Elisabeth: Paltsgravin of Rhine / abbess
People died in year of 1618
- 02-28Filips Willem: Prince of Orange, dies at 63
- 08-23Gerbrant A Bredero: Poet / playwright (Moortje), dies at 33
- 09-28Gilles van Ledenberg: Secretary of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68
- 10-29Walter Raleigh: English Scholar / Poet / historian, beheaded for treason