CHRONOLOGY. 



445 



A. D. 



ed. The treaty of Nonsuch between England 

 and the States General, Aug. 10. A comet 

 appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 



1586. Babington's conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth. 



Cavendish's first voyage round the world. Ty- 

 cho Brahe, ob. 1601, zt. 55. 



1587. Queen Mary beheaded, Feb. 8. The battle of 



Coutras, Oct. 20. An hundred sail of ships in 

 the bay of Cadiz burned by Drake. 



1588. The Spanish armada destroyed, July 27. First 



newspaper in England, dated July 28. The 

 duke of Guise, &c. assassinated. Duelling with 

 small swords introduced into England. Bomb- 

 shells invented at Venloo ; they were first 

 thrown into the city of Watchtendonch in Guel- 

 derland,and are said to have been used at Naples 

 in 1495. Henrico Catharine Davila, ob. 1631, 

 zt. 55. 



1589. A conspiracy, by Huntly, Crawford, &c. a- 



gainst James, king of Scotland. Peace be- 

 tween the Turks and Persians. Drake's ex- 

 pedition to Spain and Portugal. Henry III. 

 murdered by Clement, July 22. Justus Lipsius, 

 ob. 1606, zt. 58. 



1590. A comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 



Telescopes invented by Jansen, a spectacle-maker 

 in Germany. An earthquake at Vienna, Sept. 

 5. The art of weaving stockings invented by 

 L.ee of Cambridge. A slitting mill erected at 

 Dartford. The battle of Ivry, which ruined the 

 league, March 4. Stephen 1'asquier, ob. 1615, 

 zt. 81. 



1591. The university of Dublin founded. Tea first 



brought into Europe. Mariana, ob. 1624, zt. 

 87. 



1592. Presbyterian church government established by 



act of parliament in Scotland. Falkland isles 

 discovered. 



1 593. Marischal College, Aberdeen, founded by George, 



Earl Marischal of Scotland. Bothwell's con- 

 spiracy against King James. A comet ap- 

 peared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. A great 

 plague in London. Cardinal Perron, ob. 1618, 

 zt. 63. 



1594 Baron Napier invents logarithms, ob. 1617, zt. 67. 

 The Jesuits banished from France, Dec. 19th. 

 The bank of England incorporated. Isaac Ca- 

 saubon, ob. 1614, zt. 55. 



1.595. Drake's expedition against the isthmus of Darien. 

 Discoveries in the Pacific Ocean made by Men- 

 dana and Quiros. The Russians make the first 

 discoveries in Siberia. Caribbee isles discovered. 

 Shakespeare, ob. 1616, zt. 53. 



1596. The Spaniards take Calais from the French. A 



great earthquake at Japan. The Spanish fleet 

 defeated by the English, and Cadiz taken. A 

 treaty between England, France, and Holland, 

 against Spain, Oct. 31. A comet appeared. 

 1 he Stella Mira in Collo Cell, observed by Da- 

 vid Fabricius, Aug. 13th. Annibal Caracci, 

 ob. 1609, zt. 40. 



1597. A comet is seen from the 19th June till the 8th 



August. Watches brought from Germany to 

 England. Hungary invaded by the Turks. 

 Cervantes, ob. 1620, zt. 69. 



1598. Tyrone's insurrection in Ireland. The edict of 



Nantes issued in April. The peace of Vervins, 

 June 2d. President de Thou, ob. 1617, xt. 64. 



A. D. 



1599. A comet appears. Sir H. Saville.ob. l622,xt. 72. Chronolo- 



1600. The Cowrie conspiracy. The English East In- ^_^ 1 ' 1 



dia company established. The battle of New- ^"Y~ 

 port, July 2d. A variable star in the neck of 

 the Swan discovered by Jansenius. England 

 first obtains possession of St Helena. William 

 Camden, ob. 1632, xt. 72. 



SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 



1601. The siege of Ostend commences June 25th. Ire- 



land invaded by the Spaniards, Sept. 21st. 

 Francis Bacon, ob. J626, zt. 66. 



1602. A comet appears in Cygnus. Byron's conspira- 



cy detected. Decimal arithmetic invented at 

 Bruges. Father Paul Sarpi, ob. 1623, xt. 71. 



1603. Manufactures of crystal established in France. 



Queen Elizabeth dies March 24th, zt. 70. 

 Union of the crowns of England and Scotland. 

 Gruterus, ob. 1627, zt. 67. 



1604. Ostend taken by the Spaniards after a siege of 



three years, Sept 10. Peace between England 

 and Spain. The celebrated dispute between 

 the Pope and the Venetians. A French colony 

 established in Canada. Kepler discovers a new 

 star near the right foot of Serpentarius, in Sep- 

 tember, which disappeared in the space of a 

 year. Malsherbes, ob. 1628, zt. 76. 



1605. The gunpowder plot, Nov. 5th. Coaches began 



to be in common use in England. Marini, ob. 

 1625, zt. 56. 



1606. A truce of twenty years between the empire and 



the Ottoman Porte. Papirius Masso, ob. 1611. 



1607. A comet appeared ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 815. 



Hudson's Bay discovered. Boccalini. 



1608. Colonies sent to Virginia from England. 



1609. A truce between the Dutch and Spaniards. The 



United Provinces acknowledged independent, 

 March 30, O. S. Helvicus, ob. 1617, zt. 36. 



1610. The Turks defeated near Babylon by the Persi- 



ans. War between Russia and Poland. Ther- 

 mometers invented by Drebbel, a Dutchman. 

 900,000 Moors banished out of Spain. Gali- 

 leo first observed three of Jupiter's satellites, 

 Jan. 7. Galileo, ob. 1642, zt. 78. Harriot 

 first observed the spots on the sun, Dec. 8th. 

 Andrew du Chesnc, ob. 1640. 



1611. War between Sweden and Denmark. The order 



of Baronets instituted in England, May 22. An 

 earthquake at Constantinople. 200,000 person* 

 died there of the plague. Peace between the 

 Persians and the Turks. 

 1635, zt. 72. 



161 2. The Poles defeated by the Russians in Muscovy. 



The English attempt, without success, to discover 

 a northern passage to China. The French set- 

 tle in the island of Margna. Ben Jonson, ob. 

 1638. 



1613. Peace between Sweden and Denmark. John 



Kepler, ob. 1630. 



1614. A British colony established in Virginia. 



1615. Peace between the Imperialists and the Turks. 



The Jews ordered to quit France. John Bar- 

 clay, ob. 1621, zt. 38. 



1616. A civil war in France. Virginia settled by Sir 



Walter Raleigh. Flushing restored by king 

 James to the Dutch. Cape Horn first sailed 

 round. Sir Robert Cotton, ob. 1631, xt. 61. 



1617. Peace between Russia and Sweden. Peace be- 



Lopcz de Vega, ob. 



