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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

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

Years: 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 - 1614 - 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619

Events

• April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
• The French Estates-General meets for the last time before the era of the French Revolution. In between, France will be governed as an absolute monarchy.
• John Napier publishes a paper outlining his discovery of logarithms.
• The University of Groningen is established.
• Institution of the Rosicrucian Order in Germany according to Fraternitas Rosae Crucis.

Births

Deaths

• April 7 - El Greco, artist
• August 21 - Elizabeth Bathory (serial killer)