1604
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1570s 1580s 1590s – 1600s – 1610s 1620s 1630s |
| Years: | 1601 1602 1603 – 1604 – 1605 1606 1607 |
Events
- January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans
- September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three-year siege.
- October 9 – Supernova 1604 is observed. As of this writing, this was the last supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
- November 1 – At Whitehall Palace in London, the William Shakespeare tragedy Othello is presented for the first time.
- The Sikh Holy Scripture Guru Granth Sahib is compiled and edited by Guru Arjan .
- Luis Váez de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait.
- France begins settling Acadia, first successful French North American colony
- France begins settling French Guiana.
- England concludes the Treaty of London with Spain, ending its involvement in the Eighty Years' War.
- Peter Blundell founds Blundell's School in Tiverton, England.
- Za Dengel deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia by Za Sellase, who restores his cousin Yaqob.
- The first known English Dictionary to be organized by alphabetical ordering was published.
1604 Media
August 28: The Treaty of London concludes the Anglo-Spanish War
Statue of Tokugawa Iemitsu; Collection of Kinzanji Temple; Donation of Okayama Prefectural Museum
Portrait au crayon de Catherine de Bourbon (1558-1604), princesse de France et de Navarre, duchesse de Bar. Recueil. Portraits dessinés de la Cour de France, Planche 3.
- JohnWhitgiftfromNPG
Engraving with Blessed Gaspar de Bono. Retrato del beato Gaspar Bono, ilustración de Francesco Folch Miloni: "Vita del Beato Gasparo de Bono", Roma, 1786. Inscripción: "Vera effigies B. Gasparis de Bono Praesidis Valentinae Provinciae Ordinis Minimorum S. Francisci de Paula. Obiit Valentiae die 14 Julii anno 1604". Firmado y fechado al pie: Romae 1786 / Ps Bombelli inc.
- Hamida Banu Begum, wife of Mughal Emperor Humayun. Anglo-Indian school at Lucknow Hamida Banu Begum's legacy is the mausoleum she commissioned, Humayun's Tomb, following his death.
