1616

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1580s  1590s  1600s  – 1610s –  1620s  1630s  1640s
Years:	1613 1614 1615 – 1616 – 1617 1618 1619

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1616 Media

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  The Dutch establish the colony of Essequibo

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  • Self-portrait by Ferdinand Bol at knee-length, wearing an embroidered dressing gown. His left arm is resting on a statue of Cupid.
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  Sir John Leverett (1616–1679), Governor of Massachusetts (1673–1679)

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  "In Effigiam Nicholai Culpeper Equitis," portrait of Nicholas Culpeper, etching, by printmaker Richard Gaywood. 126 mm x 90 mm. Courtesy of the British Museum, London.

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  • John Wallis, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (died 1723). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.
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  Charles de Ligne

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  WilliamShakespearebyJohnTaylor,edited

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  portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu

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  • Jacob Le Maire from Antonio de Herrera's India Occidentales

1616 (MDCXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1616th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 616th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 17th century, and the 7th year of the 1610s decade. As of the start of 1616, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• War between Austria and Venice.

Births

• May 25 – Carlo Dolci, Italian artist

Deaths

• April 23 – Miguel de Cervantes
• April 23 – William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet