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1607
| Years: 1604 1605 1606 - 1607 - 1608 1609 1610 | |
| Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. (Possibly tsunami)
- April 25 - Battle of Gibraltar Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet
- April 26 - English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia, later moving up the James River to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America.
- Spain is effectively bankrupt.
- The British national anthem, God Save the King, is first sung.
- Rule of Andorra is passed jointly to the king of France and the Bishop of Urgell.
- June 8 - Newton Rebellion: 40-50 peasants killed by landowners Tresham family during protests against enclosure of common land in Newton, Northamptonshire,UK - culmination of Midlands Revolt.
Births
- March 12 - Paul Gerhardt, hymnist (d. 1676)
- March 24 - Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Dutch Admrial (d. 1676)
- November 26 - John Harvard, cleric (d. 1638)
Deaths
- October 31 - Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and ecclesiastical historian (b. 1538)
- Domenico Fontana, Italian architect (b. 1543)
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