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.