1616

Centuries - Year in Review 16th Century - Year in Review 17th Century - Year in Review 18th Century

16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades:1590s, 1600s, 1610s, 1620s, 1630s, 1640s, 1650s,1660s, 1670s, 1680s, 1690s

1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620

1615 1616 1617 - decade 1610s - 17th century

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Events:

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

Births:

Deaths:

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