1617: 1st one-way streets established (London)

1614: Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe

1611: The authorized King James version of the bible is first published.

1611: Mar 4 George Abbot appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

1611: Apr 14 Word "telescope" is 1st used by Prince Federico Cesi

1610: Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa & Ganymede

1610: Io, Europa & Ganymede discovered by Galileo (Jupiter moons)

1609: The passengers and crew of the British ship Sea Venture headed for the Jamestown settlement,
land in Bermuda and found a colony.

1609: Henry Hudson and his ship the Half Moon reaches present day Delaware Bay.

1608: Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Johann Lippershey (3X)

1608: John Smith is elected president of the Jamestown Colony council of Virginia.

1607: 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown VA

1606: Guy Fawkes is executed for treason as punishment for his part in the Gunpowder plot against
King James I. [the failed plot is still celebrated in the evening of Nov5 with bonfires]

1606: King James-I decrees the design of a Union flag combining the flag symbols of England and
Scotland (The Union Jack).

1602: English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold and his ship the Concord arrive at present-day Cape Cod.

1601: Jan 7 Robert, Earl of Essex, leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth

1601: Jan 14 Church authorities in Rome burn Hebrew books

1601: Jan 17 France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain

1601: Feb 8 Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London

1601: Feb 13 1st British East India Company voyage departs from London, lead by John Lancaster

1601: Jul 30 Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius

1601: Aug 6 Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius

1601: Aug 27 Olivier van Noort completes first Dutch exploration of new world

1600: Shakespeare's Hamlet is first performed

1597: Feb 5 A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being
seen as a threat to Japanese society

1597: Feb 24 Flemish painter Frederick of Valckenborch becomes porter of Frankfurt-on-Main

1597: Mar 11 Archduke Albrecht occupies Amiens, France

1597: Mar 12 England sends troops to Amiens

1593: Galileo invents the thermoscope - a precursor to the thermometer

1591: Pope Gregory XIV states that the fetus undergoes "ensoulment" 116 days after conception (he
knew Catholic Nancy Pelosi would need help).