Shakespeare's Macbeth first acted.
Discovery by Galileo of the Satellites of Jupiter. See "Galileo Overthrows Ancient Philosophy," xi, [14].
1611. Settlement of English and Scotch Protestants in Ulster Province, Ireland.
Completion and publication of the King James version of the Bible.
1612. Liberation of Russia from its Polish invaders.
First settlement of the English in India. See "Beginning of British Power in India," xi, [30].
1613. Founding of the Romanoff, the present, dynasty in Russia, by the accession of Michael II.
Argall, of Virginia, destroys the French colony at Port Royal, Acadia.
1614. Erection, by the Dutch, of a fort on Manhattan Island. See "Dutch Settlement of New York," xi, [44].
Last convocation of the States-General in France before the Revolution.