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1607 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1607th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 607th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1600s decade. As of the start of 1607, the ...
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1607. Events. January 22 – Shortly before his death, ...
The James Fort c. 1608 as depicted on the map by Pedro de Zúñiga. Jamestown, also Jamestowne, was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg.
1607: Jamestown, Virginia, is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America. 1607: Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland. 1607: Iskandar Muda becomes the Sultan of Aceh (r. 1607–1637).
Scientists analyzed famed astronomer Johannes Kepler’s 1607 ... contextualize ancient sunspot observations and extend our understanding of solar activity before sunspot observations occurred ...
c. May 14, 1607 (): Virginia Company instructions are unsealed to identify the pre-determined Council Members of the settlement: Edward Maria Wingfield (president), Bartholomew Gosnold, John Martin, John Ratcliffe, George Kendall, Christopher Newport , and John Smith. Smith is denied a council membership by the president.
1607 – Founding of the Jamestown Settlement. Attempted colony at Sagadahoc fails. 1608 – Founding of Quebec City by Samuel de Champlain. 1609–10 – The Starving Time at Jamestown. [1] 1609 – Henry Hudson explores the Hudson River. 1610- First English settlement in Newfoundland; 1611–16 – Thomas Dale and Thomas Gates serve as ...
The official explained that America Mexicana had been the name of the territory in 1607 on the European map commissioned for the Dutch East India Company, based in Amsterdam.