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| Years: 1607 1608 1609 - 1610 - 1611 1612 1613 | |
| Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1610 in literature 1610 in science | |
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Events
- January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter.
- March 12 – Swedish troops under Jacob de la Gardie take Moscow
- May 13-14 – Francois Ravaillac assassinates Henry IV of France
- July 5 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
- Johannes Fabricius is the first to observe sunspots telescopically.
- Poland captures Moscow, just to lose it again to Russian and Swedish troops.
- In Jamestown, Virginia, only 60 out of 500 settlers survive over winter and they may have to rely on cannibalism
- Henry Hudson discovers Hudson Bay
- Arabella Stuart, pretender to the English throne, imprisoned for marrying William Seymour
Science
- Jean Beguin - Tyrocinium Chymicum, first lecture book about chemistry
Births
- April 22 - Pietro Vitto Ottoboni later Pope Alexander VIII
Deaths
- May 14 - King Henry IV of France
- May 27 - Ravaillac, assassin who killed Henry IV of France
- October 14 - Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord
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