1614
Years:
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16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1614 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music
Events
- April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
- October 11 - Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named "New Netherland".
- The French Estates-General meets for the last time before the era of the French Revolution. In between, France will be governed as an Absolute monarchy.
- John Napier publishes a paper outlining his discovery of logarithms.
- The University of Groningen is established.
- Institution of the Rosicrucian Order in Germany according to Fraternitas Rosae Crucis.
- Toyotomi Hideyori attempts to restore Osaka Castle. Tokugawa Ieyasu, father of the Shogun, is outraged at this act, and takes the castle by storm.
Births
- January 1 - John Wilkins, English clergyman (d. 1672)
- January 5 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (d. 1662)
- July 10 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686)
- December 16 - Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
See also @ 1614 births.
Deaths
- April 7 - El Greco, Greek-born artist (b. 1541)
- June 15 - Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English politician (b. 1540)
- July 1 - Isaac Casaubon, French-born classical scholar (b. 1559)
- July 14 - Camillus de Lellis, Italian saint (b. 1550)
- July 15 - Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French historian and biographer
- August 11 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
- August 21 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (b. 1560)
See also @ 1614 deaths.