What Happened in June 1604

Historical Events

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]

Jun 4 Claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, born in Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany (d. 1648)
Jun 17 Johan Maurits, Dutch nobleman, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1964-79), Governor of Dutch Brazil (1637-43), and military leader (Eighty Years War; Dutch-Portuguese War), born in Dillenburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1679)
Jun 28 Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), and poet, born in Lobenstein, Principality of Reuss in Thuringia (now Bad Lobenstein, Germany) (d. 1651)

Jun 24 Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England, dies at 54