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June 1606Born on Thursday June 1, 1606
- Edmund Weston, Cornwall, Oxford, England († 1686)
- Catherine Dalston, Dalston, England († 1676)
- Nicolaus Roosbooms (Roesboem), Heerlen († 1699)
- Margaret Clarke Larke, Rolvenden, Kent, England († 1663)
- Thomas Doughty, St. Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England
- Nicolas ROOSENBAUM, Heerlen, Gemeente Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1699)
- Nicolaus Rosenbaum, Heerlen (Heerlen) (Limburg) († 1699)
- Judith Cheney Culpeper, Hollingbourne, Kent, England († 1691)
- Nicolaus Roesboem Roosboom Roosbaum, Heerlen (NL)
- Reiner v Moorselaar, Nijkerk
Died on Thursday June 1, 1606
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Born on June 1
- 1460 » Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble († 1491)
- 1480 » Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop († 1550)
- 1498 » Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter († 1574)
- 1522 » Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, Dutch writer and scholar († 1590)
- 1563 » Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State for England († 1612)
- 1612 » Frans Post, Dutch painter († 1680)
- 1633 » Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and academic († 1687)
- 1637 » Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer († 1675)
- 1653 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer († 1704)
- 1675 » Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright († 1755)
Died on June 1
- 1571 » John Story, English martyr (b. 1504)
- 1616 » Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
- 1625 » Honoré d'Urfé, French author and poet (b. 1568)
- 1639 » Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579)
- 1660 » Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (b. 1611)
- 1662 » Zhu Youlang, Chinese emperor (b. 1623)
- 1681 » Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch genre painter (b. 1607)
- 1710 » David Mitchell, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1642)
- 1740 » Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
- 1769 » Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (b. 1689)
Names that were popular for boys in 1606
- Jan
- Cornelis
- John
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Thomas
- William
- Willem
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Jean
- James
- Richard
- Johan
- Claes
Names that were popular for girls in 1606
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Elizabeth
- Catharina
- Marie
- Mary
- Barbara
- Joanna
- Anne
- Margaretha
- Margaret
- Agnes
- Trijntje
- Neeltje
- Johanna
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1606
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
- February 26 » The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
- April 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
- April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
- December 19 » The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
- December 20 » The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.