April 28 » Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
May 2 » The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
June 23 » The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.
October 29 » Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa.
November 1 » Shakespeare's play The Tempest is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
July 4 » The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
August 18 » Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
September 6 » Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
September 12 » A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
October 11 » The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
November 11 » Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.
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