1611

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1580s  1590s  1600s  – 1610s –  1620s  1630s  1640s
Years:	1608 1609 1610 – 1611 – 1612 1613 1614

Events

• June 23 – Henry Hudson's crew maroons him, his son and 7 others in a boat
• November 1 – At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time.

• Gustavus Adolphus becomes king of Sweden
• Denmark attacks Sweden
• King James Version of the Bible first published in England
• George Abbot becomes archbishop of Canterbury
• Johannes and David Fabricius discover sunspots
• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan
• Emperor Go-Mizunoo ascends to the throne of Japan

Gov. Sir Thomas Dale arrives at Jamestown from England announcing new rules called "Laws Divine, Morall and Martial."

• Thomas Dale founds the city of Henricus on the James River a few miles south of present day Richmond, Virginia