1605

Years: 1602 1603 1604 - 1605 - 1606 1607 1608
Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1605 in literature 1605 in science

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

April 13 - Tsar Boris Godunow dies - Feodor II accedes to the throne
May 16 - Paul V becomes Pope
June 1 - Russian troops in Moscow imprison Feodor II and his mother. They are later executed
June 20 - Pretender Dmitri and his supporters march to Moscow
July 30 - Pretender Dmitri is crowned tsar Dmitri II
November 5 - Gunpowder Plot: A plot by Guy Fawkes to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is foiled when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Fawkes in a cellar below the Parliament building and orders a search of the area. About 20 barrels of gunpowder were found and Fawkes was arrested for trying to kill Parliament and King James I of England who were scheduled to sit together in Parliament the next day
Polish troops occupy Moscow
Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote is published.
Pope Leo XI is elected, but dies before the year is out.
Tokugawa Ieyasu abdicates as shogun of Japan, becoming Ogosho. His son Tokugawa Hidetada succeeds him to the office.
English colony founded on Barbados
French huguenot refugees settle in Dublin and Waterford
De Nieuwe Tijdinghen, Dutch proto-newspaper