Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s

Years: 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 - 1611 - 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time.

• Gustavus Adolphus becomes king of Sweden
• Denmark attacks Sweden
• King James Version of the Bible first published in England
• Johannes and David Fabricius discover sunspots
• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan
• Emperor Go-Mizunoo ascends to the throne of Japan

• 1611 in literature
• 1611 in science

• May 16 - Pope Innocent XI