Major Events
- Feb 26 The Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun
- Sep 15 First non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy
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Did You Know?
Dutch East India Company ship "The Eendracht" makes landfall on Dirk-Hartog Island, the second European ship to visit the continent of Australia
John Wallis
Miguel de Cervantes
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
James I and VI