1619 Events January–June January 12 - James I of England's Banqueting House, Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. Inigo Jones is commissioned to design a replacement. March 20 - Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor dies, leaving the Holy Roman Empire without an official leader, to deal with the Bohemian Revolt . April - Battle of Sarhu: Manchu leader Nurhaci is victorious over the Ming forces. May 8 - The Synod of Dort has its final meeting. May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague , after having been convicted of treason . May 30 - Jan Pieterszoon Coen , Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, conquers Jayakarta , and renames it Batavia . June 10 - Thirty Years' War - Battle of Sablat: Protestant forces are defeated. June 21 - Dulwich College founded by Edward Alleyn , in Dulwich , London.July–December July 30 - In Jamestown, Virginia , the first English-speaking representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses , convenes for the first time . August - The first African slaves are brought to an English colony onboard an English privateer ship, arriving at Point Comfort , in the colony of Virginia . Slavery was previously established in the 16th Century, as part of the founding of St. Augustine, Florida. August 5 - Thirty Years' War: Battle of Věstonice - Bohemian forces defeat the Austrians. August 10 - The Treaty of Angoulême ends the civil war between Louis XIII of France and his mother, Marie de' Medici . August 26 - Frederick V of the Palatinate is elected King of Bohemia by the states of the Bohemian Confederacy. August 28 - Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria and King of Bohemia , is elected Holy Roman Emperor unanimously by the prince-electors. October 8 - Thirty Years' War - The Treaty of Munich is signed by Ferdinand II and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria . November 16 - William Parker School , Hastings , England , is founded by the will of Reverend William Parker. November 23 - Thirty Years' War: Battle of Humenné - Polish Lisowczycy troops assist the Holy Roman Emperor by defeating a Transylvanian force, forcing Gabor Bethlen to raise his siege of Vienna . December 4 - Thirty-eight colonists from England disembark in Berkeley Hundred , Virginia from the Margaret of Bristol and give thanks to God .Date unknown Jahangir grants a British mission important commercial concessions at Surat , on the west coast of India. Salé Rovers declare the port of Salé on the Barbary Coast to be the Republic of Salé , independent of the Sultan of Morocco , with the Dutch-born corsair Jan Janszoon as president. The Danish–Dutch whaling settlement of Smeerenburg is founded in Svalbard . An expedition in Sri Lanka , led by Filipe de Oliveira , deposes and executes the last Jaffna king, putting an end to the Jaffna Kingdom . A Spanish expedition sails around Tierra del Fuego , mapping the coast and discovering the Diego Ramírez Islands . Births January–March January 10 - Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester , English politician January 14 * Thomas Archer , English politician * Alexander von Spaen , German general January 17 - Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Hadamar , by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Harzgerode January 21 * Anders Bording , Danish writer * John Rashleigh , English politician January 24 - Yamazaki Ansai , Japanese philosopher January 30 - Michelangelo Ricci , Roman Catholic cardinal , mathematician February 1 - Robert Phelips , English politician February 2 - Walter Charleton , English natural philosopher February 9 - Queen Inseon , Korean royal consort February 15 - Tsugaru Nobuyoshi , Japanese daimyō February 24 * Robert Aske , merchant in the City of London * Charles Le Brun , French painter and art theorist February 26 - Francesco Morosini , Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694 February 28 - Giuseppe Felice Tosi , Italian composer March 2 - Marcantonio Giustinian , 107th Doge of Venice March 5 - Joseph Ames , English naval commander March 6 - Cyrano de Bergerac , French soldier and poet March 13 - Tobias Lohner , Austrian Jesuit theologian March 15 - Jean Le Vacher , French Lazarist missionary and French consul March 20 - Georg Albrecht, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach March 25 - Peter Mews , English Royalist theologian and bishop March 28 - Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz April–June April 2 * Onofrio Gabrieli , Italian painter * Anna Sophia I, Abbess of Quedlinburg , Dutch abbess April 11 - Abraham van der Hulst , Dutch admiral April 21 - Jan van Riebeeck , Dutch founder of Cape Town April 30 - Johannes Spilberg , Dutch painter May * James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair , Scottish lawyer and statesman * André Félibien , French court historian * Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall , Scottish judge and politician May 20 - Abiezer Coppe , English "Ranter" and pamphleteer May 24 ' - Philips Wouwerman , Dutch painter May 26 - King Pye Min of Burma June 13 - Jan Victors , Dutch painter June 14 ' - Sir Jeffrey Hudson , English court dwarf June 24 - Rijcklof van Goens , Dutch colonial governorJuly–September July 3 - Hyojong of Joseon , 17th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea July 27 - Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Baronet , English Member of Parliament August 5 - Thomas Hall , English politician August 6 - Barbara Strozzi , Italian singer and composer August 7 - Anna Catherine Constance Vasa , Polish princess, daughter of King Sigismund III Vasa August 15 * Francesco Maria Farnese , Italian Catholic cardinal * Hubertus Quellinus , Flemish artist August 21 - Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet , English politician August 28 * Anne Geneviève de Bourbon , French princess who is remembered for her beauty and amours * Louis Thomassin , French bishop and theologian August 29 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert , French minister of finance September 20 - Sophie Elisabeth Pentz , daughter of Christian IV of Denmark September 21 - Sir John Wray, 3rd Baronet , English politicianOctober–December October 8 - Philipp von Zesen , German poet October 10 * Josias Calmady , English Member of Parliament * Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg , German princess October 14 - Sir John Bright, 1st Baronet , English politician October 16 - Johann Friedrich König , German Lutheran theologian October 18 - Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé , French admiral October 27 - Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken November 5 - Philip de Koninck , Dutch painter November 7 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux , French writer known for his Historiettes November 14 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Berkshire , English politician, earl November 25 - Henry Mildmay , English politician December 10 - Thomas Dyke , English politician December 13 - Andrij Savka , Lemko bandit December 17 - Prince Rupert of the Rhine , Bohemian-born Royalist commander in the English Civil War December 28 - Antoine Furetière , French writer December 31 * John Fitzjames , English politician * Sylvester Maurus , Italian Jesuit theologianDate unknown Donald Cargill , Scottish Covenanter Gu Mei , politically influential Chinese courtesan, poet and painter Samuel Collins , English doctor and author Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque , Spanish military officer and viceroy Willem Kalf , Dutch painter Kumazawa Banzan , Japanese philosopher Shalom Shabazi , Jewish Yemeni rabbi and poet Wang Fuzhi , Chinese philosopherDeaths January–March January 7 - Nicholas Hilliard , English miniature painter January 11 - Diane de France , Duchess of Angoulême January 15 - Thomas Clinton, 3rd Earl of Lincoln , English politician January 20 - Éléonore de Bourbon , Dutch princess February 3 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham , English conspirator February 9 - Lucilio Vanini , Italian philosopher February 12 - Pierre de Larivey , Italian-born French dramatist February 16 - William Couper , Scottish bishop of Galloway March 2 * William Cooke , English politician * Anne of Denmark , queen of James I of England March 5 - Demeter Naprágyi , Hungarian Catholic archbishop March 13 - Richard Burbage , English actor March 15 * Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh , Scottish nobleman * Orsolya Dersffy , Hungarian noble March 18 - Chō Tsuratatsu , Japanese samurai March 20 * Ippolito Galantini , founder of the Congregation of Christian Doctrine of Florence * Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Austrian Habsburg rulerApril–June April 5 - Alexander Home, 1st Earl of Home , Scottish nobleman April 10 - Thomas Jones , Anglican Archbishop of Dublin April 16 - Denis Calvaert , Flemish painter April 18 - Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani , Mughal empress April/May - William Larkin , English court portrait painter May - John Overall , English bishop May 13 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman May 21 - Hieronymus Fabricius , Italian anatomist May 23 - Stephen Soame , Lord Mayor of London June 18 - Martin Fréminet , French painterJuly–September July 2 - Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg July 22 - Lawrence of Brindisi , Italian saint July 24 - Nabeshima Naoshige , Japanese samurai August 3 - Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland , younger daughter of Walter Devereux August 19 * Thomas Dale , English colonial governor * Jørgen Lunge , Danish politician August 29 - Ferdinando Taverna , Italian Catholic cardinal August 30 - Shimazu Yoshihiro , Japanese samurai and warlord September - Hans Lippershey , Dutch lensmaker September 3 - John Gordon , Scottish bishop September 7 * Marko Krizin , Croatian Catholic priest * István Pongrácz , Hungarian saint * Sur Singh , ruler of MarwarOctober–December October * Robert Peake the Elder , English court portrait painter * Nicholas Yonge , English singer and publisher October 9 - Joseph Pardo , Italian rabbi and merchant October 14 - Samuel Daniel , English poet October 18 - Petrus Gudelinus , Belgian jurist October 19 - Fujiwara Seika , Japanese philosopher November 13 - Ludovico Carracci , Italian painter December 23 - John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern December 29 * Antoine Arnauld , French lawyer * Prince Jeongwon , Korean princeDate unknown Bagrat VII of Kartli François d'Amboise , French jurist and writer Thomas Stephens , English Jesuit missionary in Portuguese India Caterina Vitale , Maltese pharmacist
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