| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1608 1609 1610 – 1611 – 1612 1613 1614 |
| 1611 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1611 (MDCXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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Events of 1611
January–June
- March 9 – Yemana Kristos, brother of Emperor Susenyos, ends the rebellion of Melka Sedeq in the Battle of Segaba in Begemder.
- April 28 – The Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario is established in Manila, the Philippines (later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas, now known as the University of Santo Tomas).
- May 2 King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England By printer Robert Barker
July–December
- August 2 – Jamestown: Deputy Governor Sir Thomas Gates returns to Virginia with 280 people, provisions and cattle on 6 ships and assumes control, ruling that the fort must be strengthened.
- September – Jamestown: Thomas Dale, with 350 men, starts building Henricus.
- October 30 – Gustavus Adolphus succeeds his father Charles IX as king of Sweden.
- November 1 – At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is performed for the first time.
Undated
- Johannes and David Fabricius discover sunspots.
- Emperor Go-Mizunoo succeeds Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan.
- Jamestown: John Rolfe imports tobacco seeds from the island of Trinidad (Nicotiana tabacum); the native tobacco is Nicotiana rustica.
- Thomas Dale founds the city of Henricus on the James River, a few miles south of present day Richmond, Virginia.
- Denmark attacks Sweden.
- George Abbot becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Construction begins on Naghsh-i Jahan Square in Isfahan, Persia.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1611 MDCXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2364 |
| Armenian calendar | 1060 ԹՎ ՌԿ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -233 – -232 |
| Bengali calendar | 1018 |
| Berber calendar | 2561 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2155 |
| Burmese calendar | 973 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7119 – 7120 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年十一月十八日 (4247/4307-11-18) — to —
辛亥年十一月廿八日(4248/4308-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 1327 – 1328 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1603 – 1604 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5371 – 5372 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1666 – 1667 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1533 – 1534 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4712 – 4713 |
| Holocene calendar | 11611 |
| Iranian calendar | 989 – 990 |
| Islamic calendar | 1019 – 1020 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 16 (慶長16年) |
| Korean calendar | 3944 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2154 |
- January 28 – Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (d. 1687)
- May 16 – Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
- July 16 – Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)
- September 1 – William Cartwright (d. 1643)
- September 8 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d. 1671)
- September 11 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d. 1675)
- November 1 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)
- date unknown
- Karl Eusebius of Liechtenstein, second Prince of Liechtenstein (d. 1684)
- Diego Quispe Tito, Peruvian painter (d. 1681)
- probable
- D'Artagnan, musketeer (d. 1673)
Deaths
- February 12 – Jodocus Hondius, cartographer (b. 1563)
- February 26 – Antonio Possevino, papal legate to Russia
- March 5 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
- June 8 – Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552)
- July 26 – Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)
- August 2 – Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)
- August 27 – Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. c. 1548)
- October 3 – Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)
- October 30 – King Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1550)
- date unknown
- Camillo Mariani, sculptor (b. 1565)
- Henry Hudson, explorer
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