January 3 –
Battle of Kinsale: The English defeat Irish rebels and their Spanish allies. (The battle happens on this date according to the
Gregorian calendar used by the Irish and Spanish but on Thursday, 24 December,
1601 according to the old
Julian calendar used by the English.)
June 2 – Dutch explorer
Joris van Spilbergen lands on the eastern side of the island of
Sri Lanka, at Santhamuruthu, and begins the process of attempting to establish a relationship with the rulers of the
Kingdom of Kandy.[3]
June 17 – An expedition of 14 Dutch Republic ships, commanded by Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, departs from
Texel on its expedition to the
East Indies.
September 1 – The
Mutiny of Hoogstraten, a rebellion by soldiers of the
Army of Flanders, begins with the seizure by 3,000 disgruntled mercenaries of the town of
Hoogstraten (now in Belgium). The mutineers hold the town for almost two years before surrendering on 18 May 1604.
September 12 – King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland receives the delivery of eight specially woven
Persian carpets displaying Poland's royal
coat of arms, after having dispatched agent Sefer Muratowicz to
Kashan.[7]
September 20 – The
siege of the Spanish Netherlands town of
De Graaf ends after two months as a Dutch and English army forces the surrender of the Spanish defenders.[8]
December 11 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law,
Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of
Geneva (this actually takes place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations/celebrations on
Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend).
The
iconoclast and
Confucian scholar
Li Zhi commits suicide while in a Chinese prison, during the late
Ming dynasty; he had taught that women were the intellectual equals of men and should be given equal opportunity in education; he was charged with spreading "dangerous ideas".
January 3 –
Battle of Kinsale: The English defeat Irish rebels and their Spanish allies. (The battle happens on this date according to the
Gregorian calendar used by the Irish and Spanish but on Thursday, 24 December,
1601 according to the old
Julian calendar used by the English.)
June 2 – Dutch explorer
Joris van Spilbergen lands on the eastern side of the island of
Sri Lanka, at Santhamuruthu, and begins the process of attempting to establish a relationship with the rulers of the
Kingdom of Kandy.[3]
June 17 – An expedition of 14 Dutch Republic ships, commanded by Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, departs from
Texel on its expedition to the
East Indies.
September 1 – The
Mutiny of Hoogstraten, a rebellion by soldiers of the
Army of Flanders, begins with the seizure by 3,000 disgruntled mercenaries of the town of
Hoogstraten (now in Belgium). The mutineers hold the town for almost two years before surrendering on 18 May 1604.
September 12 – King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland receives the delivery of eight specially woven
Persian carpets displaying Poland's royal
coat of arms, after having dispatched agent Sefer Muratowicz to
Kashan.[7]
September 20 – The
siege of the Spanish Netherlands town of
De Graaf ends after two months as a Dutch and English army forces the surrender of the Spanish defenders.[8]
December 11 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law,
Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of
Geneva (this actually takes place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations/celebrations on
Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend).
The
iconoclast and
Confucian scholar
Li Zhi commits suicide while in a Chinese prison, during the late
Ming dynasty; he had taught that women were the intellectual equals of men and should be given equal opportunity in education; he was charged with spreading "dangerous ideas".