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1610s
1610
1610, Jan. 7:	Galileo Galilei discovers three of the larger satellites of Jupiter.
1610, Jan. 14:	Arminians present a Remonstrance to the States General and are henceforth often referred to as 'Remonstrants'.
1610, May 14:	The French Henry IV is assassinated in Paris.

	Hugo Grotius, Liber de antiqvitate reipvblicæ Batavicae, Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius.
	Johannes Uytenbogaert, Tractaet van t'ampt ende authoriteyt eener hoogher christelicker overheydt, in kerckelicke saecken, The Hague: Hillebrant Jacobsz van Wouw.
	Galileo Galilei, Sidereus nuncius, Venice: Thomas Baglionum.
1611
1611, Jan. 28:	The astronomer Johannes Hevelius is born at Danzig.
1611, Feb. 8:	The Dutch explorer Jan Huygen van Linschoten dies at Enkhuizen.
1611, Jun. 23:	The English explorer Henry Hudson is set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers and is never seen again.
1611, Aug. 3:	Denmark captures the Swedish Fort Kalmar and thus starts the Kalmar War.
1611, Oct. 30:	Charles IX of Sweden dies and is succeeded by Gustavus Adolphus.

	Pieter Cornelisz Hooft, Emblemata amatoria, Amsterdam: Willem Jansz Blaeu.
1612
1612, Jan. 20:	Emperor Rudolph II dies in Prague and is succeeded by Matthias.
1612, Feb. 6:	The philosopher and theologian Antoine Arnauld is born at Paris.
1612, Feb. 12:	The Jesuit astronomer and mathematician Christopher Clavius, rachitect of the modern Gregorian calendar, dies at Rome.
1612, Jun. 23:	The Jesuit mathematician Andreas Tacquet is born at Antwerp.
1612, Jul. 4:	The Engineer Jan Adriaensz Leeghwater has suceeded to reclaim the Beemster, after many mills had pumped the water out for four years.
1612, Dec. 28:	Galileo Galilei observes the planet Neptune, but incorrectly catalogued it as a fixed star.

	Galileo Galilei, Discorso, Firenze: Cosimo Giunti.
1613
1613, Jan. 21:	The Peace Treaty of Knäred ends the Kalmar War between Sweden and Denmark.
1613, Feb. 14:	Elector Palatine Frederik V marries Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I of England.

	Pieter Cornelisz Hooft, Geeraerdt van Velsen treurspel, Amsterdam: Willem Jansz Blaeu.
	Hugo Grotius, Ordinvm Hollandiae ac Westfrisiae pietas, Leiden: Jan Jacobszoon Paets.
	Galileo Galilei, Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari, Rome: Giacomo Mascardi.
	Franciscus Aguilonius, Opticorvm libri sex, Antwerp: Widow & Sons of Johannes Moretus.
1614
1614, Jan. 27:	The Nordic Company, grouping Dutch whalers, is founded.
1614, Apr. 25:	The Amsterdam Bank of Loans is opened.
1614, Mar. 15:	The anatomist Franciscus de la Boe Sylvius is born at Hanau.
1614, Aug. 23:	The University of Groningen is founded.
1614, Oct. 2:	The French Louis XIII is declared an adult.
1614, Oct. 20:	The philsopher Francis Mercury van Helmont, son of Joan Baptista, is born at Vilvoorde.

	Hendrik Laurensz Spiegel, Hart-spieghel, Amsterdam: Cornelis Dircksz Cool & Paulus Aertsz Ravesteyn.
	Roemer Visscher, Sinnepoppen, Amsterdam: Willem Jansz Blaeu.
1615
1615, Jan. 31:	The Jesuit General Claudius Aquaviva dies in Rome and is succeeded by Mutius Vitelleschi.
1615, Mar. 28:	The politician Pieter de Groot, son of Hugo Grotius, is born at Rotterdam.
1615, May 4:	The mathematician Adriaan van Roomen dies at Mainz.

	Johannes Kepler, Nova Stereometria doliorum vinariorum, Linz: Johann Planck.
	Salomon de Caus, Les raisons des forces mouvantes, Frankfort: J. Norton.
	Matteo Ricci, De christiana expeditione apud Sinas (ed. Nicolas Trigault), Augsburg: Christophorus Mangius.
1616
1616, Jan. 13:	The mystic Antoinette Bourignon is born at Lille.
1616, Jan. 24:	The Dutch explorer Jacques Le Maire discovers Strait Lemaire, south of the American continent.
1616, Mar. 5:	Copernicus's De revolutionibus (1543) is put on the Index of proscribed books by the Roman Catholic Church.
1616, Apr. 21:	The Dutch Republic buys back Brielle, Vlissingen and Rammekens from the British.
1616, Oct. 20:	The anatomist Thomas Bartholin is born at Copenhagen.
1616, Nov. 23:	The geographer Richard Hakluyt dies at London.
1616, Nov. 30:	Cardinal Richelieu is made Secretary of State of France.

	Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Treur-spel van Rodd'rick ende Alphonsvs, Amsterdam: Cornelis Lodewijcksz van der Plasse.
1617
1617, Jan. 1:	The painter and engraver Hendrick Goltzius dies at Haarlem.
1617, Jul. 23:	Prince Maurice attends a service by Henricus Rosaeus at the Kloosterkerk in The Hague, and thus openly aligns himself with the Contra-Remonstrant party.
1617, Aug. 22:	Johannes van den Enden enters the Jesuit noviciate at Mechelen.
1617, Sep. 23:	Inauguration of the Amsterdam Nederduytsche Academie, founded by Samuel Coster.
1617, Sep. 25:	The theologian and philosopher Francisco Suárez dies at Lisbon.
1617, Oct. 12:	The philosopher Henry More is born.
1617, Dec. 22:	Charles Louis, son of the Elector Palatine Frederik V and Elizabeth Stuart, is born.

	Pieter Cornelisz Hooft, Ware-nar, Amsterdam: Cornelis Lodewijcksz van der Plasse & Nicolaes Biestkens.
	Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Moortje, Amsterdam: Cornelis Lodewijcksz van der Plasse & Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn.
	Petrus Cunaeus, De repvblica Hebræorvm libri III, Leiden: Louis & Isaac Elzevier.
1618
1618, Jan. 7:	The philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon is appointed Lord Chancellor of England.
1618, Feb. 21:	The scholar Isaac Vossius is born at Leiden.
1618, May 23:	The Defenestration of Prague sets off the Thirty Years War.
1618, Jul. 31:	Prince Maurice replaces the Remonstrant magistrates of Utrecht by Contra-Remonstrants.
1618, Aug. 29:	The Pensionary of Holland, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, and the Remonstrant scholar Hugo Grotius are arrested.
1618, Autumn:	Prince Maurice systematically purges the town councils of Holland.
1618, Autumn:	In Antwerp, the Jesuit Gregorius de Saint-Vincent and his pupils observe one or more of the three comets of 1618.
1618, Nov. 4:	Johannes Uytenbogaert, one of the most important free Remonstrant leaders, is summoned before the Synod of Delft, but he refuses to appear and is deprived of his ministry.
1618, Nov. 13:	The National Synod of Dordrecht opens.

	Jacob Cats, Silenvs Alcibiadis, sive Protevs, Middelburg: Hans van der Hellen.
1619
1619, Feb. 14:	The philosopher and freethinker Lucilio Vanini is burned at the stake at Toulouse.
1619, Mar. 20:	Emperor Matthias dies in Vienna and is succeeded by Ferdinand II.
1619, May 9:	The Amsterdam Theatrum Anatomicum opens.
1619, May 9:	The National Synod of Dordrecht closes, condemning Remonstrantism.
1619, May 13:	Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed at The Hague.
1619, May 18:	The Remonstrant jurist and philosopher Hugo Grotius is sentenced to life imprisonment.
1619, May 30:	Jan Pietersz Coen, the Dutch governor general of the East Indies, captures Jakarta, which is selected as the new headquarters and given the name 'Batavia'.
1619, Jul. 27:	Franciscus van den Enden enters the Jesuit noviciate at Mechelen.
1619, Aug. 23:	The poet and playwright Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero dies at Amsterdam.
1619, Aug. 27:	The playwright Jacobus Libenus enters the Jesuit noviciate at Mechelen.
1619, Aug. 27:	Elector Palatine Frederik V is chosen King of Bohemia.
1619, Oct.:	Johannes Uytenbogaert, Simon Episcopius and other Remonstrant leaders meet in Antwerp and found the Remonstrant Brotherhood.
1619, Nov. 6:	The mathematician Johannes Ciermans enters the Jesuit noviciate at Mechelen.
1619, Dec. 3:	Franciscus van den Enden passes a first examination as a novice.

	Samuel Coster, Duytsche Academi, tot Amsterdam ghespeelt, Amsterdam: Cornelis Lodewijcksz van der Plasse & Nicolaes Biestkens.