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1616

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s

Years: 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 - 1616 - 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621

Events

Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Roman Catholic Church

Births

May 24 - John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, (+ 1682)

Deaths

April 23 - William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet.
April 23 - Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun

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