1611

Years: 1608 1609 1610 - 1611 - 1612 1613 1614

Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1611 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 1611 MDCXI Ab urbe condita 2364 Armenian calendar 1060 ԹՎ ՌԿ Assyrian calendar 6361 Balinese saka calendar 1532–1533 Bengali calendar 1017–1018 Berber calendar 2561 English Regnal year 8 Ja. 1 – 9 Ja. 1 Buddhist calendar 2155 Burmese calendar 973 Byzantine calendar 7119–7120 Chinese calendar 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4308 or 4101     — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4309 or 4102 Coptic calendar 1327–1328 Discordian calendar 2777 Ethiopian calendar 1603–1604 Hebrew calendar 5371–5372 Hindu calendars  - Vikram Samvat 1667–1668  - Shaka Samvat 1532–1533  - Kali Yuga 4711–4712 Holocene calendar 11611 Igbo calendar 611–612 Iranian calendar 989–990 Islamic calendar 1019–1020 Japanese calendar Keichō 16 (慶長１６年) Javanese calendar 1531–1532 Julian calendar Gregorian minus 10 days Korean calendar 3944 Minguo calendar 301 before ROC 民前301年 Nanakshahi calendar 143 Thai solar calendar 2153–2154 Tibetan calendar 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1737 or 1356 or 584     — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1738 or 1357 or 585

Events

• November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is performed for the first time.
• Gustavus Adolphus becomes king of Sweden.
• Denmark attacks Sweden,
• Complete King James Version of the Bible is first published in England.
• George Abbot becomes archbishop of Canterbury.
• Johannes and David Fabricius discover sunspots.
• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan
• Emperor Go-Mizunoo ascends to the throne of Japan
• Thomas Dale founds the city of Henricus on the James River a few miles south of present day Richmond, Virginia

Births

• January 28 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (died 1687)
• May 16 - Pope Innocent XI (died 1689)
• July 16 - Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (died 1644)
• September 1 - William Cartwright (died 1643)
• September 8 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (died 1671)
• September 11 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (died 1675)
• November 1 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (died 1656)

See also Category:1611 births.

Deaths

• March 5 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (born 1533)
• June 8 - Jean Bertaut, French poet (born 1552)
• July 26 - Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (born 1542)
• August 2 - Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (born 1562)
• August 20 - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (born 1548)
• October 3 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (born 1554)
• October 30 - King Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550)
• Feardorcha mac Ceallach O Cellaigh, last King of Hy-Many, dies sometime after this year.

See also Category:1611 deaths.