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Sponsorship the way you would do it

Years: 1613 1614 1615 - 1616 - 1617 1618 1619
Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1616 in literature 1616 in science

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

Pocahontas arrives to England
War between Venice and Austria
Collegium Musicum founded in Praque
Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Roman Catholic Church

Births

May 24 - John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, (+ 1682)
May 25 - Carlo Dolci, Italian artist, (+1686)
August 6 - John Higginson, English clergyman, (+1708)

Deaths

January 6 - Philip Henslowe, English theatre manager
April 23 (Gregorian Calendar)- Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author.
April 23 (Julian Calendar)/ May 3 (Gregorian Calendar) - William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet.
August 7 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun