Major Events
- Apr 25 Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand
- May 6 Leon VII Spanish poet's first poem is published: La Cocina
- May 8 Pierre Dugua de Monts reaches Cap La Hève (La Have) on the Nova Scotia coast, on his way to establish Arcadia, the first successful permanent settlement in New France
- May 12 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius
- Jun 26 French expedition led by Pierre Dugua de Monts lands at Île Sainte-Croix to found settlement of Acadia in New France - later moved to Port Royal [1]
- Aug 20 Spanish garrison of Sluis surrenders to count Maurice
- Sep 20 Spanish army under Spinola recaptures Oostende
- Oct 8 Supernova "Kepler's nova" first sighted by Lodovico delle Colombe in Italy
- Nov 1 William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" is first presented
- Dec 31 Dutch East India Company Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam, Indonesia
Born in 1604
- Jan 4 Jakob Balde, German poet (Jephthe), born in Ensisheim, Alsace, Further Austria, Habsburg Empire (now France) (d. 1668)
- Mar 19 John IV (also known as João, o Restaurador), King of Portugal (1640-56), composer, and musicologist, born at Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa, Vila Viçosa, Portugal (d. 1656)
- Apr 5 Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1624-75), born in Nancy, France (d. 1675)
- May 10 Jean Mairet, French dramatist famous for tragedies (Sophonisbe) and comedies, born in Besançon, France (d. 1686)
- Jun 4 Claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, born in Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany (d. 1648)
More People Born in 1604
Who Died in 1604
- Jan 17 Santino Garsi da Parma, Italian lutenist and composer, dies at 61
- Feb 29 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74
- Mar 4 Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian and founder of Socinianism, dies at 64
- Mar 13 Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer, dies at 66
- Apr 4 Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies
More 1604 Deaths
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