1619
Years:
1616 1617 1618 - 1619 - 1620 1621 1622Decades:
1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640sCenturies:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1619 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music
Events
- May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason.
- July 30 - In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
- 16 November - foundation of William Parker School, Hastings by the will of Rev William Parker.
- December 4 - Thirty-eight colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by some to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas).
- Slaves are first brought to the Americas.
- Ferdinand II elected as Holy Roman Emperor.
- England establishes its first outpost in India.
- The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth reaches the height of its territorial extent.
Births
- February 24 - Charles Le Brun, French painter and art theorist (d. 1690)
- March 6 - Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier and poet (d. 1655)
- August 6 - Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (d. 1677)
- August 28 - Anne Genevieve of Bourbon-Condé (d. 1679)
- August 29 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683)
- November 7 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692)
- December 17 - Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)
- December 28 - Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)
- Jean Claude, French protestant clergyman (d. 1687)
See also @ 1619 births.
Deaths
- January 7 - Nicholas Hilliard, English painter
- February 3 - Henry Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564)
- February 19 - Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
- March 4 - Anne of Denmark, queen of James I of England (b. 1574)
- March 13 - Richard Burbage, English actor
- March 20 - Mathias, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1557)
- May 13 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (b. 1547)
- July 22 - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian saint (b. 1559)
- August 30 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)
- October 14 - Samuel Daniel, English poet (b. 1562)
- November 13 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1555)
- Hans Lippershey, Dutch lensmaker
See also @ 1619 deaths.