Editing 1611 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully]] is forced by [[Marie de' Medici|Queen regent Marie]]'s Regency Council to resign as [[chief minister of France]].<ref>"Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de", by C. J. H. Hayes, in ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (11th ed.), Vol. 26 (Cambridge University Press, 1911) p. 58</ref> He is replaced by Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy.
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Sunspot]]s are observed by [[telescope]], by [[Frisians|Frisian]] astronomers [[Johannes Fabricius]] and [[David Fabricius]]. Johannes publishes the results of these observations, in ''De Maculis in Sole observatis'' in [[Wittenberg]], later this year.<ref>{{cite web|first=C.|last=Thony|title=Spotting the spots|url=http://thonyc.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/spotting-the-spots/|work=The Renaissance Mathematicus|date=2011-01-08|access-date=2011-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721212233/http://thonyc.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/spotting-the-spots/ |archive-date=July 21, 2011<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> Such early discoveries are overlooked, however, and the first sighting is claimed a few months later, by [[Galileo Galilei]] and [[Christoph Scheiner]].
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[George Abbot (bishop)|George Abbot]] is enthroned as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] in England.<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Hole|title=A Manual of English Church History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O40zAQAAIAAJ|year=1910|publisher=Longmans, Green, and Company|page=278|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 9]] &ndash; Battle of Segaba in [[Begemder]]: Yemana Kristos, brother of [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] [[Susenyos I]], ends the rebellion of Melka Sedeq.
* [[March 19]]–[[March 20|20]] &ndash; The [[Moscow Uprising (1611)|Moscow Uprising]], an armed rising of the inhabitants of [[Moscow]] in the [[Tsardom of Russia]] against the military [[Polish–Lithuanian occupation of Moscow]] (Fall 1610–Fall 1612), results in the occupying forces starting a major fire in the city and the death of 6–7,000 Muscovites.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://press.lv/post/oglobli-protiv-sabel-moskovskoe-vosstanie-1611-goda-protiv-polyakov-i-ego-itog|publisher=Press|title=Оглобли против сабель: московское восстание 1611 года против поляков и его итог|date=2021-03-19}}</ref>

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Denmark-Norway]] declares [[Kalmar War|war]] on [[Sweden]], then captures [[Kalmar]].
* [[April 7]] (March 28 O.S.) &ndash; [[False Dmitry III]], the third pretender to the Russian throne to claim to be Prince [[Dmitry of Uglich]], son of [[Ivan the Terrible]], arrives at [[Ivangorod]] and proclaims himself as the Tsar Dmitry Ivanovich I.
* [[April 28]] &ndash; The ''Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario'' is established in [[Manila]], the [[Philippines]] (later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas, and later still the [[University of Santo Tomas]]).<ref>{{cite book|author=Domingo Abella|title=From Indio to Filipino: And Some Historical Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JlxwAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=M. Romualdez-Abella|page=196|language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] &ndash; The priest implicated in the [[Aix-en-Provence possessions]] in France is executed.
* [[May 2]] &ndash; The [[Authorized King James Version]] of the [[Bible]] is published for the first time, printed by [[Robert Barker (printer)|Robert Barker]] in [[London]].
* [[May 9]] &ndash; At the age of 16, [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] succeeds his father [[Emperor Go-Yōzei]] as [[Emperor of Japan]].
* [[May 11]] &ndash; The first known performance of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'', probably new this year, is given at the [[Globe Theatre]] in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan |last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica |year=1992 |title=The Chronology of British History |publisher=Century Ltd |location=London |pages=170–172 |isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref> 
* May–December &ndash; Entrepreneur [[Thomas Sutton]] founds [[Charterhouse School]], on the site of the old [[Carthusian]] monastery in [[Charterhouse Square]], [[Smithfield, London]].
* [[June 13]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Smolensk (1609–1611)|Siege of Smolensk]] in Russia by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth succeeds after nearly two years of fighting that started on 29 September 1609. The conquest of the city is made possible by the discovery of a weakness in the walls of the fortress and the detonating of an explosive in a drainage canal. 
* [[June 22]] &ndash; English explorer and sea captain [[Henry Hudson]], his teenage son John, and seven crewmen are set adrift in or near [[Hudson Bay]], after a mutiny on his ship ''[[Discovery (1602 ship)|Discovery]]''. They are never seen again.

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 12]] &ndash; The [[Perpetual Edict (1611)|Perpetual Edict]] is proclaimed for the government of the [[Southern Netherlands]] (modern-day Belgium) by [[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria|Archduke Albert VII]] and his wife [[Isabella Clara Eugenia|Isabella]], the joint rulers of the Austrian-controlled nation.
* [[July 17]] &ndash; The army of the Swedish Empire commanded by [[Jacob De la Gardie]] [[Capture of Novgorod (1611)|captures the Russian city of Novgorod]] after a nine-day battle. Novgorod will remain Swedish territory for the next eight years.  
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]]'s Deputy Governor Sir [[Thomas Gates (governor)|Thomas Gates]] returns to [[Virginia]] with 280 people, provisions and cattle on six ships and assumes control, ruling that the fort must be strengthened. 
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Nasuh Pasha]] becomes the new [[List of Ottoman grand viziers|grand vizier]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after the death of [[Kuyucu Murad Pasha]].
* [[September 11]] &ndash; Greek Orthodox bishop [[Dionysios Skylosophos]] leads an army of 700 men in a surprise attack on the city of [[Ioannina|Yanya]] (formerly the ancient Greek city of Ioannina) in an attempt to liberate the inhabitants from Ottoman Imperial rule. The Ottoman provincial governor, Osman Pasha, is forced to flee and his home is burned down, but Ottoman troops commanded by Aslan Pasha rout the rebels. Skylosophos is captured on September 14, then tortured to death in public.

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 30]] &ndash; At the age of 16, [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|Gustav II Adolf]] succeeds his father [[Charles IX of Sweden|Charles IX]] as [[King of Sweden]].
* [[November 1]] &ndash; At [[Whitehall Palace]] in London, [[William Shakespeare]]'s last solo play, ''[[The Tempest]]'', is given its earliest reported performance.
* [[December 2]] ([[Keichō]] 16, 10th month, 28th day) &ndash; The [[1611 Sanriku earthquake]] of 8.1 magnitude strikes off of the coast of [[Japan]] and causes a [[tsunami]] that kills almost 5,000 people in the northern section of [[Honshu]] island.
* [[December 5]] (30 Ramadan 1020 A.H.) &ndash; To celebrate the end of the daily fasting of the month of [[Ramadan]], the [[Mughal Empire]] Army commander, [[Mubariz Khan (Bengal)|Mubariz Khan]], hosts the celebration banquet and learns that Pashtun rebel leader [[Khwaja Usman]] and 250 of his men have evacuated [[Gouripur, Bangladesh|Bokainagar]] (modern-day Gouripur in [[Bangladesh]]) during the Mughal Army's holiday observance.
* December &ndash; The week-long [[Conquest of Bakla]] leads to the fall of the [[Chandradwip]] kingdom and the Mughal annexation of Barisal into the [[Bengal Subah]]

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* At [[Jamestown, Virginia|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]], with the assistance of 350 men, a few miles south of present day [[History of Richmond, Virginia|Richmond, Virginia]].
* [[Famines in Ethiopia|Famine in Ethiopia]] resulting from crop failure in the north due to weather conditions and the outbreak of a plague.
* Construction begins on [[Naqsh-e Jahan Square]] in [[Isfahan]], [[Persia]].
* ''Itoh Gofuku'', a predecessor of [[Matsuzakaya]], a famous [[department store]], is founded for the sale of silk in [[Nagoya]], [[Japan]].</onlyinclude>