| January 7 | Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia |
| May 19 | Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague |
| May 28 | Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna," premieres in Mantua |
| June 1 | Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-govt |
| July 3 | Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec |
| July 20 | Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft |
| August 13 | John Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication |
| August 24 | 1st English convoy lands at Surat India |
| September 10 | John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va |
| September 29 | Captain Newport arrives from England with supplies for colonists |
| October 2 | Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey |
