April 19 » In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
May 14 » The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.
June 3 » Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
July 3 » Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
September 10 » John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
January 7 » Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
May 14 » Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.
July 4 » The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War.
July 5 » John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
August 2 » During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
October 17 » French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
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