June 24 » Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
September 1 » Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
October 9 » Supernova 1604 is sighted, the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.
October 17 » Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
November 1 » William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
January 10 » Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.
June 14 » English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
July 2 » Battle of Alford: Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
July 21 » Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.
August 13 » Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro.
September 13 » Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the Battle of Philiphaugh.
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