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

Years: 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 - 1616 - 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Roman Catholic Church

• 1616 in literature
• 1616 in science

• May 24 - John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, (+ 1682)
• May 25 - Carlo Dolci, Italian artist, (+1686)
• August 6 - John Higginson, English clergyman, (+1708)

• January 6 - Philip Henslowe, English theatre manager
• April 23 (Gregorian Calendar)- Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author.
• April 23 (Julian Calendar)/ May 3 (Gregorian Calendar) - William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet.
• August 7 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect
• Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun