March 20 » The Dutch East India Company is established.
November 8 » The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
December 11 » A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.
April 23 » The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
May 30 » Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
July 28 » In the Eighty Years' War the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
July 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
October 9 » Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
November 22 » Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
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