1610 Thermometers invented. King Henry IV of France murdered at Paris, by Ravillac, a Romish priest.
1611 Bartholomew Legat was condemned by the convocation for an Arian heretic. Legat was burnt at Smithfield for an Arian.
1612 Edward Wightman of Burton, burnt at Lichfield for a heretic.
1614 Sir Thomas Overbury poisoned in the Tower. The New River brought to London. Champlain returned to France. An inundation of the sea overflowed an extent of twelve miles in Norfolk and Lincolnshire.
1618 Sir Walter Raleigh is executed for high treason, at the instigation of the Spanish ambassador. The poet Shakspeare flourished during the beginning of this and the latter part of the preceding reign. Synod of Dort began: who generally agreed to condemn the doctrines of Arminius, concerning election, reprobation, and the universality of Christ’s death, and man’s redemption by it.
1623 The fatal Vespers at Black-Friars.
1625 A plague in London destroyed 35,417 of its people.
1626 The king raised money by sale of the crown lands, loans, and ship-money.
1628 Dr. Lamb murdered in the streets of London. The city fined for Dr. Lamb’s death, £6,000.
1629 Quebec surrendered to Sir David Kirkt.