1611
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1608 1609 1610 – 1611 – 1612 1613 1614 |
1611 Media
May 2: King James Version of the Bible first published
June 22: Explorer Henry Hudson and eight of his crew are abandoned at Hudson Bay after mutiny (pictured: The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, painted by John Collier in 1881)
February 27: Sunspots are observed for the first time.
Retrato de San Juan de Ribera (1532-1611), que fue patriarca latino de Antioquía, arzobispo y virrey de Valencia y obispo de Badajoz.
- Eleanor de' Medici (1567-1611), wife of Vincenzo Gonzaga and older sister of
- King Charles IX of Sweden (1550-1611)
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1611 (MDCXI) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
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