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May 10, 1600Born on Thursday May 11, 1600
- Margaret Stansfield, Wadsworth, Yorks, Eng
- Franciscus De Donder, Merchtem, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter Noodt, 1785, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium († 1655)
- Jérôme WAEFFLAR, Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
- Joannes Impe (Hempte), Harelbeke
- Anna Schnyter, Hasli, Bern, Switzerland († 1645)
- Thomas Ledbetter, County Durham, England († 1655)
- Thomas Ledbetter, III, County Durham, England († 1655)
- Joannes IMPE, Harelbeke, 8530, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Robert Wright, Fletching, Sussex, England († 1660)
Died on Thursday May 11, 1600
- Simon Archer (72), Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Samuel Barker (2), Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England
Born on May 11
- 1571 » Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō († 1637)
- 1715 » Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist († 1739)
- 1752 » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist († 1840)
- 1797 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician († 1867)
- 1811 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician († 1893)
- 1852 » Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President († 1918)
- 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
- 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
- 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
- 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
Died on May 11
- 1610 » Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1552)
- 1686 » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)
- 1778 » William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
- 1779 » John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)
- 1812 » Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
- 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
- 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
- 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
- 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
- 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1600
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
- March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
- August 5 » The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
- August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
- October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
- October 21 » Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.