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| Attorney Bacon, Francis |  |
| London Appointed Attorney General |
| Birth John George II |  |
| Saxony Birth of John George II, son of Elector John George I |
| Capture of Monferrato Charles Emmanuel I |  |
| Monferrato Captured from Spain but is forced to relinquish it in 1617 |
| Capture of Pocahontas Argall, Samuel | |
| Pocahontas Captures Pocahontas |
| Conversion John Sigismund | |
| Brandenburg Converts to Calvinism |
| Declaration of War Michael |  |
| Sweden declares war on Russia |
| Destruction Globe Theatre Shakespeare, William | |
| 29th June London The Globe Theatre is burnt down during a production of Henry VIII |
| Discovery of Copernican System Galileo, Galilei | |
| Attempts to show there is scriptural support for his beliefs but condemned by the Pope |
| Published in "letters on the solar spots" |
| Election Michael | |
| 21st Feb The elecoral assembly of 700 select Michael as the new Tsar |
| Knighthood Cranfield, Lionel | |
| Cranfield is knighted |
| Marriage Elizabeth | |
| Feb Elizabeth marries Frederick Elector of the Palatine |
| Feb Founds the English Hanoverian Dynasty |
| Marriage James I | |
| Feb James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederick, the Elector of the Palatine |
| Marriage Frederick V | |
| Marries Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England |
| Privy Council Coke, Edward | |
| London Appointed Privy Councillor |
| Succession Bethlen of Transylvania |  |
| With Ottoman backing overthrows Gabor Bathory of Hungary |
| Transylvania Succeeds as Prince of Trans ylvania, 1613-1629 |
| Succession Michael | |
| Succeeds as Tsar of Russia, 1st of the Romanov line |
| Surveyor General Cranfield, Lionel | |
| Appointed Surveyor General of Customs |
| Treaty of Knared Oxenstierna |  |
| Knared Negotiates a peace Treaty with Denmark |
| Trinity Hospital Howard | |
| Greenwich Founds Trinity Hospital, known as Norfolk College |
