April 5 » Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
May 20 » Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
July 9 » Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
August 25 » Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
August 28 » Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
September 11 » Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
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