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- Events January–June July–December Date unknown
- Births January–March April–June July–September October–December Date unknown
- Deaths January–March April–June July–September October–December Date unknown
- References
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2011}}{{Year dab|1608}}{{refimprove|date=January 2016}}{{Year nav|1608}}{{C17 year in topic}}{{Year article header|1608}} Events January–June - January
- At Jamestown, Virginia, Christopher Newport returns in a ship with the First Supply and about 100 new settlers; he finds only 38 survivors.
- Powhatan releases Captain John Smith.
- January 7 – Fire destroys "all the houses in the fort" at Jamestown; the fort is repaired in March.
- January 8 – Ensign Thomas Savage arrives in Jamestown, with the First Supply under Christopher Newport.
- January 17 – Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia defeats an Oromo army at Ebenat; 12,000 Oromo are reportedly killed at a cost of 400 Amhara.
- March 18 – Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia, at the ancient city of Axum.
- April 10 – Jamestown, Virginia: Christopher Newport again sails for England.
- April 19 – The Burning of Derry launches O'Doherty's Rebellion, in the Kingdom of Ireland.
- May 14 – The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
July–December - July 3 – The settlement of Quebec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- July – The English ship Mary and Margaret, captained by Christopher Newport, leaves England, bound for Jamestown, Virginia.[1]
- August 24 – The first official English representative to India, Captain William Hawkins, lands at Surat.
- September 10 – John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, and begins expanding the fort.
- September 21 – The University of Oviedo, Spain is founded.
- October 1 – At Jamestown, a second supply ship, the Mary and Margaret, arrives with Christopher Newport, including 70 settlers, bringing the population back up to 120; the passengers include eight glassmen.
- October 2 – Dutch lens maker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first telescope in the Dutch Parliament.
- December – Jamestown: Christopher Newport returns to England carrying cargo with "tryals of Pitch, Tarre, Glasse, Frankincense, Sope Ashes ..."
Date unknown - The first cheques are used in the Netherlands.
- Old Bushmills Distillery is founded in Bushmills, County Antrim, Ireland.
- The Uniform Land-Tax Law is imposed in Korea.
- Five royal schools in Ulster are given Royal Charter, by King James I.
Births January–March- January 10 – Henry Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company (d. 1630)
- January 14 – Francis Hawley, 1st Baron Hawley, English politician (d. 1684)
- January 21 – Theaurau John Tany, English Christian mystic (d. 1659)
- January 26 – Johannes Heinrich Ursinus, German Lutheran scholar (d. 1667)
- January 28 – Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)
- January 30 – John Oxenbridge, English Nonconformist divine (d. 1674)
- February 5 – Gaspar Schott, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1666)
- February 6 – António Vieira, Portuguese writer (d. 1697)
- February 12 – Daniello Bartoli, Italian Jesuit priest (d. 1685)
- February 20 – Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham (d. 1649)
- February 21 – Elizabeth Barnard, Granddaughter of William Shakespeare (d. 1670)
- March 18 – Paul Ragueneau, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1680)
- March 27 – Thomas Rouse, English politician (d. 1676)
- March 28 – Léon Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny, French politician (d. 1652)
April–June- April 13 – Cornelis Schrevel, Dutch scholar (d. 1664)
- April 14 – Illiam Dhone, Manx politician (d. 1663)
- April 15
- Honoré Fabri, French mathematician (d. 1688)
- John Huddleston, English monk of the Order of St. Benedict (d. 1698)
- April 20 – Edward Rainbowe, English clergyman and preacher (d. 1684)
- April 23 – Thomas Minor, American city founder (d. 1690)
- April 24 – Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV of France (d. 1660)
- May 1 – Pieter Post, Dutch architect, painter and printmaker (d. 1669)
- May 15 – René Goupil, French Jesuit lay missionary (d. 1642)
- June – Richard Fanshawe, English diplomat (d. 1666)
- June 19 (bapt.) – Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (d. 1661)
July–September- July 13 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
- July 14 – George Goring, Lord Goring, English Royalist soldier (d. 1657)
- July 24 – Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet, English baronet (d. 1681)
- August 4 – John Tradescant the Younger, British botanist (d. 1662)
- August 15 – Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1652)
- August 16 – Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches, German Imperial field marshal (d. 1682)
- August 20 – Ludovicus a S. Carolo, French monk (d. 1670)
- August 30 – Alonso Perez de Leon, Spanish conquistador, explorer, man of letters (d. 1661)
- September 1 – Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (d. 1678)
- September 15 – Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1687)
- September 17 – Cesare Facchinetti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1683)
- September 19 – Alfonso Litta, Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan (d. 1679)
- September 20
- Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena, Spanish general (d. 1668)
- Jean-Jacques Olier, French Catholic priest (d. 1657)
October–December- October 3 – Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, French noble (d. 1657)
- October 15 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (d. 1647)
- October 18 – John Conant, English theologian, clergyman, and academic administrator (d. 1694)
- November 5 – Margareta Huitfeldt, Norwegian-Swedish noble (d. 1683)
- November 9 – Tiberio Fiorilli, Italian actor (d. 1694)
- November 10 – Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst, duchess by marriage of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg (d. 1681)
- November 13 (bapt.) – John Desborough, English soldier and politician (d. 1680)
- November 16 – Johann Freinsheim, German classical scholar, critic (d. 1660)
- November 23 – Francisco Manuel de Mello, Portuguese writer (d. 1666)
- December 6 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (d. 1670)
- December 8 – Vendela Skytte, Swedish noble (d. 1629)
- December 9 – John Milton, English poet (d. 1674)
- December 15
- Joachim Lütkemann, German theologian (d. 1655)
- John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet, English earl (d. 1664)
Date unknown- Thomas Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln, English churchman (d. 1691)
- Eudoxia Streshneva, Tsarina of Mikhail I of Russia (d. 1645)
- Gevherhan Sultan (daughter of Ahmed I)
- Hatice Sultan ( daughter of Ahmed I and Mahfiruz Sultan)
Deaths January–March - January 4 – Peter Edgcumbe, English politician (b. 1536)
- January 18 – Jacques Couet, French pastor (b. 1546)
- January 19 – Bernard Maciejowski, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1548)
- January 28 – Enrique Henríquez, Portuguese theologian (b. 1536)
- January 29 – Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, son of George of Mömpelgard and his wife Barbara of Hesse (b. 1557)
- February 13 – Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Lithuanian prince (b. 1526)
- February 26 – John Still, English bishop (b. c. 1543)
- February 27 – Henri, Duke of Montpensier, French noble (b. 1573)
- March 12 – Kōriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1530)
- March 16 – Seonjo of Joseon, King of Joseon (b. 1552)
- March 29
- Laurence Tomson, English Calvinist theologian (b. 1539)
- Tsugaru Tamenobu, Japanese daimyō (b. 1550)
April–June - April 8 – Magdalen Dacre, English noble (b. 1538)
- April 9 – Pomponio Torelli, Italian writer (b. 1539)
- April 18 – Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1542)
- April 19 – Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, English statesman and poet (b. 1536)
- April 29 – Maria Anna of Bavaria (b. 1551)
- May 11 – Giovanni Luca Conforti, Italian composer and singer (b. 1560)
- May 14 – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1542)
- May 15 – Archibald Napier, Scottish landowner (b. 1534)
- May 22 – Juan Bautista Villalpando, Spanish architect and mathematician (b. 1552)
- June 1 – Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Duchess consort of Prussia (1573–1608) (b. 1550)
- June 4 – Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1563)
- June 5 – Ippolito Andreasi, Italian painter (b. 1548)
- June 19
- Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (b. 1551)
- Johann Pistorius, German historian (b. 1546)
July–September - July 18 – Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1546)
- July 25 – Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (b. 1556)
- July 30 – Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (b. 1575)
- August 13 – Giambologna, Italian sculptor (b. 1529)
- September 4 – Juan de Zúñiga y Avellaneda, Spanish nobleman (b. 1551)
- September 8 – Jerónimo Xavierre, Spanish cardinal (b. 1546)
- September 14 – Christoph Schissler, German scientific instrument maker (b. 1531)
- September 20 – Kanamori Nagachika, Japanese samurai (b. 1524)
- September 28 – Henri, Duke of Joyeuse, French general (b. 1563)
October–December - October 11 – Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Italian painter (b. c. 1549)
- October 17 – Luca Bati, Italian composer (b. 1546)
- October 19
- Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (b. 1551)
- Geoffrey Fenton, English writer and politician (b. 1539)
- Maria Pypelinckx, Dutch writer (b. 1538)
- October 26 – Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor (b. 1556)
- October 29 – John Smith, English politician (b. 1557)
- November 24 – Giovanni Battista Giorgi, Italian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ston (1606–1608) (b. 1536)
- December 21 – William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England (b. c. 1541)
- December 29 – Martin Schalling the Younger, German theologian (b. 1532)
Date unknown- George Bannatyne, collector of Scottish poems (b. 1545)
- John Dee, British mathematician, astronomer, and geographer (b. 1527)
- William Barclay, Scottish jurist (b. 1546)
References 1. ^"First Germans at Jamestown 1" (history), Davitt Publications, 2000, webpage: GHfirst.
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