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Calendar year
May 15
:
Bartholomew Gosnold
discovers
Cape Cod
1602
(
MDCII
) was a
common year starting on Tuesday
of the
Gregorian calendar
and a
common year starting on Friday
of the
Julian calendar
, the 1602nd year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 602nd year of the
2nd millennium
, the 2nd year of the
17th century
, and the 3rd year of the
1600s
decade. As of the start of 1602, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
Events
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January?March
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April?June
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- April 20
? The
Danish?Icelandic Trade Monopoly
is established.
- May 25
(
May 15
Old Style) ? English explorer
Bartholomew Gosnold
, sailing in the
Concord
, becomes the first European at
Cape Cod
.
[2]
- June 2
? Dutch explorer
Joris van Spilbergen
lands on the eastern side of the island of
Sri Lanka
, at Santhamuruthu, and begins the process of attempting to establish a relationship with the rulers of the
Kingdom of Kandy
.
[3]
- June 3
?
Anglo-Spanish War (1585)
–
Battle of Sesimbra Bay
off of the coast of
Portugal
: Five galleons of the English Royal Navy defeat a larger force of Spanish Navy ships.
[4]
- June 5
?
James Lancaster
's
East India Company
fleet arrives at Achin (modern-day
Aceh
),
Sumatra
to deal with the local ruler. Having defeated
Portugal
's ally, the ruler is happy to do business, and Lancaster seizes a large Portuguese
galleon
and loots it.
- June 17
? An expedition of 14 Dutch Republic ships, commanded by Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, departs from
Texel
on its expedition to the
East Indies
.
- June 18
?
Nine Years' War (Ireland)
:
Dunboy Castle
in
Ireland
is taken by the English after 143 Irish defenders had withstood an 11-day siege by more than 4,000 English soldiers under the command of
Sir George Carew
. Of the 143 soldiers, who had been loyal to
Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare
, 85 are killed in the siege, and the 58 survivors are hanged after the English victory.
[5]
July?September
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- July 7
? The German duchy of
Saxe-Altenburg
, with a capital at
Altenburg
, is created as a separate duchy as a gift to
Johann Philipp
, the eldest son of his father
Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
.
- July 26
?
William Shakespeare
's tragedy
Hamlet
, recently premiered by the
Lord Chamberlain's Men
, is licensed for publishing in London but not in fact printed at this time.
- July 29
?
Juan de Zuniga Flores
,
Bishop of Cartagena
, becomes the
Grand Inquisitor
of
Spain
but serves for only five months before his death at the age of 55.
- August 22
?
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak
, the prime minister for
India
's
Mughal Emperor
Akbar
, is assassinated at
Narwar
as part of a plot by Emperor Akbar's son,
Prince Salim
, who will later succeed Akbar as Emperor Jahangir.
[6]
Abu'l-Fazl's killer,
Vir Singh Bundela
, sends the victim's severed head to Prince Salim as proof of the plot's success.
- September 1
? The
Mutiny of Hoogstraten
, a rebellion by soldiers of the
Army of Flanders
, begins with the seizure by 3,000 disgruntled mercenaries of the town of
Hoogstraten
(now in Belgium). The mutineers hold the town for almost two years before surrendering on 18 May 1604.
- September 10
?
Rory O'Donnell
(Rudhraighe O Domhnaill) becomes the last Irish
King of Tyrconnell
upon the death of his brother,
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
(Aodh Ruadh O Domhnaill). After less than a year, Rory allows Tyrconnell (modern-day
County Donegal
in
Northern Ireland
) to come under Irish control in return for being created the
Earl of Tyrconnell
.
- September 12
? King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland receives the delivery of eight specially woven
Persian carpets
displaying Poland's royal
coat of arms
, after having dispatched agent Sefer Muratowicz to
Kashan
.
[7]
- September 20
? The
siege
of the Spanish Netherlands town of
De Graaf
ends after two months as a Dutch and English army forces the surrender of the Spanish defenders.
[8]
- September 30
? The
siege of Weissenstein
, a Swedish town that is now
Paide
in
Estonia
, ends after four months with a victory of 2,000 Polish and Lithuanian troops commanded by
Jan Zamoyski
, the
Great Crown Hetman
of the
Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth
.
October?December
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Ongoing
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Date unknown
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Births
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Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Munzenberg
born
29 January
Mary of Jesus of Agreda
born
2 April
Gilles de Roberval
born
10 August
William Morice (Secretary of State)
born
6 November
Agnes of Jesus
born
17 November
January?March
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- January 2
- January 14
?
Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet
, English baronet (d.
1658
)
- January 18
?
Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
, fifth child of James VI of Scots and Anne of Denmark (d. 1602)
- January 19
?
Anna Maria Antigo
, Spanish Catholic nun (d.
1676
)
- January 24
?
Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland
, English politician (d.
1666
)
- January 29
?
Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Munzenberg
, Regent of Hesse-Kassel (1637?1650) (d.
1651
)
- January 31
?
Adam Billaut
, French poet, carpenter (d.
1662
)
- February 2
?
Jeanne des Anges
, French Ursuline nun in Loudun (d.
1665
)
- February 12
?
Michelangelo Cerquozzi
, Italian painter (d.
1660
)
- February 13
?
William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
(d.
1637
)
- February 14
?
Francesco Cavalli
, Italian composer of the early Baroque period (d.
1676
)
- February 16
?
Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau
, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage (d.
1664
)
- February 18
- March 12
?
Juan Velez
, Spanish Catholic prelate who was appointed Bishop of Cebu (d.
1661
)
- March 18
?
Jacques de Billy
, French Jesuit mathematician (d.
1679
)
- March 24
?
Edward Leigh
, English writer (d.
1671
)
- March 27
?
Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet
, English politician (d.
1654
)
- March 29
April?June
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- April
?
William Lawes
, English composer and musician (d.
1645
)
- April 2
?
Mary of Jesus of Agreda
, Franciscan abbess and spiritual writer (d.
1665
)
- April 12
?
Daniel Knudsen Bildt
, Dano-Norwegian military officer and large estate owner in Norway (d.
1651
)
- April 28
?
Tokugawa Yorinobu
, Japanese nobleman (d.
1671
)
- April 30
?
Robert Baillie
, Scottish divine and historical writer (d.
1662
)
- May 1
?
William Lilly
, English astrologer (d.
1681
)
- May 2
?
Athanasius Kircher
, German scholar (d.
1680
)
- May 10
?
Samuel Newman
, colonial Massachusetts clergyman (d.
1663
)
- May 12
?
Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
, German duchess (d.
1682
)
- May 26
?
Philippe de Champaigne
, French painter (d.
1674
)
- June 2
?
Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia
, ruler of East Frisia in the early years of the
Thirty Years' War
(d.
1628
)
July?September
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- July 8
?
Francois Perrochel
, French cleric (d.
1682
)
- July 9
?
Maeda Gen'i
, Japanese Buddhist priest
- July 14
?
Cardinal Mazarin
, French statesman (d.
1661
)
[10]
- July 15
?
John Bradshaw
, English judge and regicide (d.
1659
)
- July 18
?
Samuel Stone
, Connecticut Puritan minister (d.
1663
)
- July 26
?
Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo
, Peruvian nun (d.
1686
)
- August 10
?
Gilles de Roberval
, French mathematician (d.
1675
)
- August 23
?
Sir John Marsham, 1st Baronet
, English politician (d.
1685
)
- August 31
?
Amalia of Solms-Braunfels
, Princess consort to
Frederick Henry
(d.
1675
)
- September 1
?
Peregrine Hoby
, English politician (d.
1679
)
- September 17
?
Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet
, English politician (d.
1678
)
- September 29
?
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland
, English military leader (d.
1668
)
October?December
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- October 3
?
Arnold Braemes
, English politician (d.
1681
)
- October 9
?
Robert Caesar
, English politician (d.
1637
)
- October 12
?
William Chillingworth
, controversial English churchman (d.
1644
)
- November 6
?
William Morice
, English politician (d.
1676
)
- November 17
?
Agnes of Jesus
, French Catholic nun (d.
1634
)
- November 20
?
Otto von Guericke
, German inventor and Mayor of Magdeburg (d.
1686
)
[11]
- November 22
?
Elisabeth of France
, queen of
Philip IV of Spain
(d.
1644
)
- November 23
?
Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern
, Prince of Paltinate (d.
1655
)
- November 27
?
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
, Italian abbess and composer (d.
1670
)
- December 4
?
Johann Hulsemann
, German theologian (d.
1661
)
- December 7
- December 18
?
Simonds d'Ewes
, English antiquarian and politician (d.
1650
)
- December 26
?
Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet
, English politician (d.
1685
)
Date unknown
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- John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
(d.
1678
)
- Caesar, duc de Choiseul
, French marshal and diplomat (d.
1675
)
- John Greaves
, English mathematician and antiquary (d.
1652
)
- Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guebriant
, marshal of France (d.
1643
)
- Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
, English soldier (d.
1671
)
- Henry Marten
, English lawyer, politician and regicide (d.
1680
)
- Theodorus Moretus
, Flemish mathematician (d.
1667
)
- Nectarius of Jerusalem
, Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (d.
1676
)
- Dudley North, 4th Baron North
, English politician (d.
1677
)
- Katarzyna Ostrogska
, Polish noblewoman (d.
1642
)
- Antoine de l'Age, duc de Puylaurens
, French courtier (d.
1635
)
- Eleonora Ramirez di Montalvo
, Italian educator (d.
1659
)
Probable
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Deaths
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Ludvig Munk
died
8 April
Anna of Mecklenburg
died
4 July
Hedwig of Brandenburg
died
21 October
David I of Kakheti
died
21 October
January?March
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- January ?
Claude Fauchet
, French historian
- February 3
?
Paulus Melissus
, German composer (b.
1539
)
- February 13
?
Alexander Nowell
, English clergyman (b.
1507
)
- February 19
?
Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur
, French soldier (b.
1558
)
- March 11
?
Emilio de' Cavalieri
, Italian composer (b. c.
1550
)
- March 12
?
Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
and Nassau-Saarbrucken (1574?1602) (b.
1542
)
- March 22
?
Agostino Carracci
, Italian painter and graphical artist (b.
1557
)
- March 24
?
Ii Naomasa
, Japanese general (b.
1561
)
- March 25
?
Joachim Frederick of Brieg
, Duke of Wołow (b.
1550
)
April?June
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July?September
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October?December
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- October
?
Thomas Morley
, English composer (b.
1557
)
[12]
- October 1
?
Hernando de Cabezon
, Spanish composer and organist (b.
1541
)
- October 7
?
Thomas Schweicker
, German artist (b.
1540
)
- October 13
?
Franciscus Junius
, French theologian (b.
1545
)
- October 20
?
Walter Leveson
, English Elizabethan Member of Parliament, Shropshire landowner (b.
1550
)
- October 21
- October 28
?
John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
, youngest son of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway (b.
1583
)
- October 30
?
Jean-Jacques Boissard
, French antiquary and Latin poet (b.
1528
)
[13]
- October 31
?
Dominic Collins
, Irish Jesuit lay brother and martyr (b.
1566
)
- November 23
?
Agnes of Solms-Laubach
, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (b.
1578
)
- November 29
?
Anthony Holborne
, English composer (b. c.
1545
)
- December 1
?
Kobayakawa Hideaki
, Japanese samurai and warlord (b.
1577
)
- December 29
?
Jacopo Corsi
, Italian composer (b.
1561
)
Date unknown
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References
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Shakespeare, William (2001). Smith, Bruce R. (ed.).
Twelfth Night: Texts and Contexts
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ISBN
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Karle Schlieff.
"Gosnold: 1602"
. Ancient Lights
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26 December
2022
.
- ^
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.
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R. C. Majumdar,
The Mughul Empire
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- ^
Erdmann, Kurt; Hanna.
Seven Hundred Years of Oriental Carpets
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R. B. Wernham,
The Return of the Armadas: The Last Years of the Elizabethan Wars Against Spain 1595?1603
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Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).
The Chronology of British History
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David J. Sturdy (24 September 2003).
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ISBN
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David E. Newton (2003).
Encyclopedia of Air
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ISBN
978-1-57356-564-6
.
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David Mason Greene; Constance Green (1985).
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Chisholm, Hugh
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