January 24 –
Anglo-Spanish War: English Admiral
Christopher Newport leads an unsuccessful attempt to take the Spanish-controlled Caribbean island of
Jamaica, where he was attempting to pillage the area to obtain supplies. The Spanish defenders repel the fleet, and Newport leads the attackers to the coast of Central America.
April 27 – The first permanent Dutch trading post in
Indonesia is established in
Banten by Vice Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, who sets up a factory to store and package the trading commodity
black pepper.
May 19 –
The King's Men, a group of English professional actors composed primarily of former members of the
Lord Chamberlain's Men, is granted its royal patent by King James. The group will give the first performances of many of the plays of
William Shakespeare, who is one of the company's 26 principal actors. Named in order of priority on the patent are group manager
Lawrence Fletcher, Shakespeare, and
Richard Burbage.[6]
May 26 – The
Battle of Sluis is fought at sea off of the Belgian Netherlands as Spanish ships try unsuccessfully to break through a blockade port of the port of
Sluis. The Spanish ships are forced to return to port after at least 414 sailors are killed.[7]
June 7 – Prince
Şehzade Mahmud of the Ottoman Empire, the 16-year-old son of
Sultan Murad III, is executed on orders of his father, on advice of the Grand Vizier, after being accused unjustly of an assassination plot.[9]
Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618): Led by Iranian Emperor
Abbas the Great, the Safavid Army of Iran stages a surprise attack on
Tabriz, which had been taken from the Safavids by the Ottoman Empire in 1588. Tabriz is recaptured after 29 days.
^
abcPenguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN0-14-102715-0.
^Weir, Alison (1999), Elizabeth the Queen, London: Pimlico, p. 486,
ISBN978-0-7126-7312-9
^Sænluang Ratchasomphan and David K. Wyatt, The Nan Chronicle (SEAP Publications, 1994) p.69
^F. E. Halliday, A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964 (Penguin, 1964) p. 168
^Cesáreo Fernández Duro, Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón ("The Spanish Armada after the Union of the Kingdoms of Castille and Aragon") (Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, 1898) p. 223
^The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire, ed. by Selcuk Aksin Somel (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010) p.41
^The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, ed. by A. R. Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf and J. P. Lamberton (Art Library Publishing Company, 1904) pp. 64-65
^Des Sauvages: ou voyage de Samuel Champlain, de Brouages, faite en la France nouvelle l'an 1603.
January 24 –
Anglo-Spanish War: English Admiral
Christopher Newport leads an unsuccessful attempt to take the Spanish-controlled Caribbean island of
Jamaica, where he was attempting to pillage the area to obtain supplies. The Spanish defenders repel the fleet, and Newport leads the attackers to the coast of Central America.
April 27 – The first permanent Dutch trading post in
Indonesia is established in
Banten by Vice Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, who sets up a factory to store and package the trading commodity
black pepper.
May 19 –
The King's Men, a group of English professional actors composed primarily of former members of the
Lord Chamberlain's Men, is granted its royal patent by King James. The group will give the first performances of many of the plays of
William Shakespeare, who is one of the company's 26 principal actors. Named in order of priority on the patent are group manager
Lawrence Fletcher, Shakespeare, and
Richard Burbage.[6]
May 26 – The
Battle of Sluis is fought at sea off of the Belgian Netherlands as Spanish ships try unsuccessfully to break through a blockade port of the port of
Sluis. The Spanish ships are forced to return to port after at least 414 sailors are killed.[7]
June 7 – Prince
Şehzade Mahmud of the Ottoman Empire, the 16-year-old son of
Sultan Murad III, is executed on orders of his father, on advice of the Grand Vizier, after being accused unjustly of an assassination plot.[9]
Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618): Led by Iranian Emperor
Abbas the Great, the Safavid Army of Iran stages a surprise attack on
Tabriz, which had been taken from the Safavids by the Ottoman Empire in 1588. Tabriz is recaptured after 29 days.
^
abcPenguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN0-14-102715-0.
^Weir, Alison (1999), Elizabeth the Queen, London: Pimlico, p. 486,
ISBN978-0-7126-7312-9
^Sænluang Ratchasomphan and David K. Wyatt, The Nan Chronicle (SEAP Publications, 1994) p.69
^F. E. Halliday, A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964 (Penguin, 1964) p. 168
^Cesáreo Fernández Duro, Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón ("The Spanish Armada after the Union of the Kingdoms of Castille and Aragon") (Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, 1898) p. 223
^The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire, ed. by Selcuk Aksin Somel (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010) p.41
^The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, ed. by A. R. Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf and J. P. Lamberton (Art Library Publishing Company, 1904) pp. 64-65
^Des Sauvages: ou voyage de Samuel Champlain, de Brouages, faite en la France nouvelle l'an 1603.