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1606 Historical Event(s)
January 27, 1606
– Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
January 31, 1606
– Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England.
April 10, 1606
– The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
April 12, 1606
– The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain.
December 19, 1606
– The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who found, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
December 20, 1606
– The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
Who Were Born On 1606?
February 12, 1606
– John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)
March 3, 1606
– Edmund Waller, British poet (d. 1687)
May 23, 1606
– Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish polymath (d. 1682)
May 25, 1606
– Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
June 6, 1606
– Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1684)
June 19, 1606
– James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (d. 1649)
July 15, 1606
– Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (d. 1669)
August 18, 1606
– Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)
November 9, 1606
– Hermann Conring, German intellectual (d. 1681)
November 12, 1606
– Jeanne Mance, French settler of New France (d. 1673)