1606
1606 was a common year.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1570s 1580s 1590s – 1600s – 1610s 1620s 1630s |
| Years: | 1603 1604 1605 – 1606 – 1607 1608 1609 |
Births
- February 12 – John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (died 1676)
- March 3 – Edmund Waller, English poet (died 1687)
- May 23 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
- May 25 – Saint Charles Garnier, Jesuit missionary (died 1649)
- June 6 – Pierre Corneille, French writer (died 1684)
- June 16 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (died 1675)
- June 19 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (died 1649)
- July 15 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter (died 1669)
- September 22 – Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (died 1645)
- November 12 – Jeanne Mance, French settler in Montreal (died 1673)
- Richard Busby, English clergyman (died 1695)
- Leonard Calvert, governor of Baltimore (died 1647)
- Edmund Castell, English orientalist (died 1685)
- William Davenant, English poet and playwright (died 1668)
- Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester (died 1680)
- Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (died 1680)
- Thomas Harrison, English puritan soldier and Fifth Monarchist (died 1660)
- Thomas Herbert, English traveller and historian (died 1682)
- John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (died 1685)
- Pierre du Ryer, French dramatist (died 1658)
- Joachim von Sandrart, German art-historian and painter (died 1688)
- Tokugawa Tadanaga, Japanese nobleman (died 1633)
- Thomas Washbourne, English clergyman and poet (died 1687)