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World History Timeline - 1610
Henry IV, beloved king of France, is assassinated by a fanatic after ruling for 21 years; he is succeeded by his son, Louis XIII.
The expulsion of the Moors from Spain weakens the economic and cultural life of the country.
The arrival of settlers and fresh supplies narrowly prevents the Jamestown colonists from abandoning the colony after devastating losses from disease and hunger.
The term share is created by the Dutch East India Company.
Explorer Henry Hudson disappears forever after his crew mutinies and strands him at James Bay.
The King James version of the Bible is published in England after seven years of work, establishing an authoritative vernacular version of the text.
English whaling begins with the building of the Mary Margaret, but the ship is lost at sea after capturing a whale and a few hundred walruses.
Ieyasu of Japan encourages the persecution of Christians after realizing that they are not essential for trade with Europe.
Tobacco becomes an essential trade commodity in Virginia, ensuring the economic survival of the early colonists.
The 200-year Romanov dynasty begins in Russia with the crowning of Czar Mikhail Romanov.
Protestantism is established in Transylvania when Gabriel Bethlen von Iktar overthrows Gabriel Bathory and becomes prince; he jails the former leader's cousin, who was reputed to have killed upward of 600 virgins to bathe in their blood.
The shrewd French politico, the Duke of Richelieu, is elected to the Estates-General but then manipulates its dismissal; it will not reconvene until the French Revolution.
Pocahontas, daughter of the famed Indian chief of the Powhatans, marries John Rolfe after being held for ransom by the English colonists.
England's John Webster writes the play The Duchess of Malfi, and Spanish playwright Tirso de Molina pens St. Joan.
Captain John Smith of the Virginia colony explores the northeastern coast and names the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Spanish writer Miguel de Saavedra Cervantes writes the classic El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Incentive to populate the Virginia colony increases when each colonist is promised 50 acres of land for each new settler he brings from the British Isles.
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei is arrested by the Catholic Church on charges of heresy for his work in support of a sun-centered Copernican solar system.
Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens paints The Lion Hunt.
Famed English playwright William Shakespeare dies in Stratford-on-Avon after writing more than 35 plays.
Smallpox introduced by Europeans into the New World reduces the native population from 10,000 to 1,000 in New England, then spreads to Virginia and kills the chief of the Powhatans.
The world's first pawnshop is opened in Brussels.
Slaves imported from Africa begin to play a role in the North American economy; they are often killed by the hard labor more quickly than they can repopulate, thus further encouraging slave trade. The white colonists also have difficulty propagating without constant influx from Europe.
The basics of modern mathematics are established when French philosopher-mathematician Rene Descartes applies algebra to geometry.
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