The first official performance of Macbeth by Shakespeare took place at the Globe Theatre in London, England.
Dutch astronomer Johannes Fabricius discovered sunspots.
English sea explorer Henry Hudson reached the Hudson Bay, which was named after him.
Henry Hudson began a journey up the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
British explorer Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.
Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published in London.
John Smith, famous for setting up the first permanent English colony in the New World, told the first stories about Jamestown.
French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City, Canada.
Settlers funded by the Virginia Company of London established Jamestown.
The construction for the San Agustin Church in Manila was officially completed.
The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
The first known performance of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' was performed.
Guy Fawkes was arrested while attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, England.
The first known performance of William Shakespeare's 'Othello' occurred at Whitehall Palace, London.
Writer, explorer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for suspected treason.
King James VI of Scotland was crowned King James I of England and Ireland.
The Dutch East India Company was established.
The British East India Trading Company was given a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I.
Euridice, the oldest-surviving opera, premiered in Florence, Italy.
Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
English poet and playwright Ben Jonson was arrested for manslaughter after killing Elizabethan actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.
The Dutch expedition captained by Admiral Van Warwyck first sighted Mauritius.
The government executed a group of Japanese Catholic Christians (known as the 26 Martyrs) as they were deemed too dangerous to Japan's way of life.
A peasant uprising called the Cudgel War began in Finland.
One of William Shakespeare's most acclaimed plays, ''Romeo & Juliet" was performed for the first time.
French King Henry IV declared war against Spain during the French Wars of Religion.
Henry IV took to the throne as he was crowned the King of France.
Folklore states that injured soldier Gil Pérez was mysteriously transported from the Philippines to Mexico City.
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
The town of Chartres in France surrendered to King Henry IV.
Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian who had 'a pact with the devil,' was found guilty of witchcraft.
John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.
The English navy defeated the Spanish Armada at the Battle of Gravelines.
Mary Queen of Scots received the death sentence from cousin Queen Elizabeth I.
Tobacco arrived in England for the first time.
The English secret service discovered the Babington Plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I.
Bohemia adopted the Gregorian Calendar.
English explorer Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland for the British crown.
The first day of the Gregorian calendar began in France, Italy, Portugal, and various other Catholic states.
The Argentinian city of Salta was founded as an outpost between Buenos Aires, Peru, and Lima.
Pope Gregory XIII orders the introduction of the Gregorian calendar.
The Staten General of the Netherlands declared that the country no longer recognized Philip II of Spain as its ruler.
English Jesuit priest Edmund Campion was captured by a spy named George Eliot and taken to London.
Sir Frances Drake completed his famous circumnavigation of the world when he sailed into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind.
England, Flanders, and Northern France experienced one of the most severe earthquakes in recorded history.
Sir Francis Drake discovered New Albion in California.
Sir Francis Drake set sail from England on a circumnavigation of the world.
Henry III became the King of France.
Nineteen Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious people, known as the Martyrs of Gorkum, were hanged in Brielle, the Netherlands, by militant Dutch Calvinists.
Valletta was made the capital city of Malta.
