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 by topic:
Arts and Science
Architecture - Art - Literature - Music - Science
Lists of leaders
Colonial governors - State leaders
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments
Works category
Works

1611 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

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

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.