1611
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1608 1609 1610 - 1611 - 1612 1613 1614 |
| 1611 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1611 (MDCXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1611
[edit] April
- April 28 - Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario was established, later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas, now known as University of Santo Tomas.
[edit] July - December
- August 2 - Jamestown: Sir Thomas Gates, Deputy Governor returns to Virginia with 280 people, provisions and cattle on 6 ships and assumes control: the fort must be strengthened.
- September - Jamestown: Thomas Dale with 350 men start building Henricus.
- October 30 - Gustavus Adolphus succeeds his father Charles IX as king of Sweden.
- November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is performed for the first time.
[edit] Undated
- Complete King James Version of the Bible is first published in England.
- Johannes and David Fabricius discover sunspots.
- End of the reign of Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan.
- Emperor Go-Mizunoo ascends to the throne of Japan.
- Jamestown: John Rolfe imports tobacco seeds from the island of Trinidad, Nicotiana tabacum; native tobacco was Nicotiana rustica.
- Thomas Dale founds the city of Henricus on the James River a few miles south of present day Richmond, Virginia.
- Denmark attacks Sweden.
- George Abbot becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Naghsh-i Jahan Square construction began.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1611 MDCXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2364 |
| Armenian calendar | 1060 ԹՎ ՌԿ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -233 – -232 |
| Berber calendar | 2561 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2155 |
| Burmese calendar | 973 |
| Chinese calendar | 4247/4307-11-18 (庚戌年十一月十八日) — to —
4248/4308-11-28(辛亥年十一月廿八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1327 – 1328 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1603 – 1604 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5371 – 5372 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1666 – 1667 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1533 – 1534 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4712 – 4713 |
| Holocene calendar | 11611 |
| Iranian calendar | 989 – 990 |
| Islamic calendar | 1019 – 1020 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 16 (慶長16年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2271 (皇紀2271年) |
| Korean calendar | 3944 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2154 |
- January 28 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (died 1687)
- May 16 - Pope Innocent XI (died 1689)
- July 16 - Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (died 1644)
- September 1 - William Cartwright (died 1643)
- September 8 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (died 1671)
- September 11 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (died 1675)
- November 1 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (died 1656)
- date unknown
- Karl Eusebius of Liechtenstein, second Prince of Liechtenstein (died 1684)
- Diego Quispe Tito, a Peruvian painter (died 1681)
- probable
- D'Artagnan, musketeer (died 1673)
- See also Category:1611 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 12 - Jodocus Hondius, cartographer (born 1563)
- February 26 - Antonio Possevino, papal legate to Russia
- March 5 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (born 1533)
- June 8 - Jean Bertaut, French poet (born 1552)
- July 26 - Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (born 1542)
- August 2 - Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (born 1562)
- August 20 - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (born 1548)
- October 3 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (born 1554)
- October 30 - King Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550)
- date unknown - Camillo Mariani, sculptor (born 1565)
- date unknown - Henry Hudson, explorer (born 1560)
- See also Category:1611 deaths.
