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* [[March 2]] – [[False Dmitry III]] is recognised as tsar by the Cossacks. |
* [[March 2]] – [[False Dmitry III]] is recognised as tsar by the Cossacks. |
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* [[April 11]] – [[Edward Wightman]], a [[Radical Reformation|radical Anabaptist]], is the last person to be executed for [[heresy]] in England, by [[Execution by burning|burning at the stake]] in [[Lichfield]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/> |
* [[April 11]] – [[Edward Wightman]], a [[Radical Reformation|radical Anabaptist]], is the last person to be executed for [[heresy]] in England, by [[Execution by burning|burning at the stake]] in [[Lichfield]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/> |
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*[[April 18]] – [[Earth]] born, according to [[Groupon]].[http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2012/04/18/groupon-wants-you-to-celebrate-the-earths-400th-birthday-yes-400th] |
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* [[May 10]] – [[Shah Jahan]] marries [[Mumtaz Mahal]]. |
* [[May 10]] – [[Shah Jahan]] marries [[Mumtaz Mahal]]. |
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* [[May 23]]–[[May 25]] – A [[Sicily|Sicilian]]–[[Kingdom of Naples|Neapolitan]] galley fleet [[Action of May 1612|defeats]] the [[Tunisia]]ns at La Goulette. |
* [[May 23]]–[[May 25]] – A [[Sicily|Sicilian]]–[[Kingdom of Naples|Neapolitan]] galley fleet [[Action of May 1612|defeats]] the [[Tunisia]]ns at La Goulette. |
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* [[February 22]] – [[George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol]], English statesman (d. [[1677]]) |
* [[February 22]] – [[George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol]], English statesman (d. [[1677]]) |
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* [[February 28]] – [[John Pearson (scholar)|John Pearson]], English theologian (d. [[1686]]) |
* [[February 28]] – [[John Pearson (scholar)|John Pearson]], English theologian (d. [[1686]]) |
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* [[April 18]] – [[The Earth]], Planet (d. [[Unknown]]) |
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* [[June 16]] – [[Murat IV]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (d. [[1640]]) |
* [[June 16]] – [[Murat IV]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (d. [[1640]]) |
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* [[June 23]] – [[André Tacquet]], Belgian mathematician (d. [[1660]]) |
* [[June 23]] – [[André Tacquet]], Belgian mathematician (d. [[1660]]) |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1612 MDCXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2365 |
| Armenian calendar | 1061 ԹՎ ՌԿԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6362 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1533–1534 |
| Bengali calendar | 1019 |
| Berber calendar | 2562 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Ja. 1 – 10 Ja. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2156 |
| Burmese calendar | 974 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7120–7121 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4309 or 4102 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 4310 or 4103 |
| Coptic calendar | 1328–1329 |
| Discordian calendar | 2778 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1604–1605 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5372–5373 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1668–1669 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1533–1534 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4712–4713 |
| Holocene calendar | 11612 |
| Igbo calendar | 612–613 |
| Iranian calendar | 990–991 |
| Islamic calendar | 1020–1021 |
| Japanese calendar | Keichō 17 (慶長１７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1532–1533 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3945 |
| Minguo calendar | 300 before ROC 民前300年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 144 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2154–2155 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1738 or 1357 or 585 — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1739 or 1358 or 586 |
Year 1612 (MDCXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
- January 6 – Axel Oxenstierna becomes Lord High Chancellor of Sweden.
- January 20 – Matthias becomes Holy Roman Emperor upon the death of Rudolf II.[1]
- January 20–November 4 – An uprising in Moscow expels Polish troops.
- March 2 – False Dmitry III is recognised as tsar by the Cossacks.
- April 11 – Edward Wightman, a radical Anabaptist, is the last person to be executed for heresy in England, by burning at the stake in Lichfield.[1]
- May 10 – Shah Jahan marries Mumtaz Mahal.
- May 23–May 25 – A Sicilian–Neapolitan galley fleet defeats the Tunisians at La Goulette.
- June 13 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor formally elected.[1]
July–December
- July 22 – Four women and one man are hanged following the Northamptonshire Witch Trials in Northampton, England.
- August 20 – Ten 'Pendle witches' are hanged having been found guilty of practising witchcraft in Lancashire, England.
- August 26 – A Scottish mercenary force is destroyed in Norway at the Battle of Kringen.
- November 29–Treaty of Nasuh Pasha: Signed between Ottoman Empire and Safavid Empire
- November 30 – Battle of Swally: Forces of the British East India Company and Portugal engage off the coast of India, resulting in a British victory.
- December 15 – Simon Marius, is first to observe Andromeda Galaxy through a telescope.
- December 28 – Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune when in conjunction with Jupiter, yet he mistakenly catalogues it as a fixed star because of its extremely slow motion along the ecliptic. Neptune is not truly discovered until 1846, about 234 years after Galileo first sights it with his telescope.
Date unknown
- Jamestown: John Rolfe exports first crop of improved tobacco (seeds from Trinidad).
- Nagoya Castle is completed.
- Thomas Shelton's English translation of the first half of Don Quixote is published. It is the first translation of the Spanish novel into any language.
Births
- January 17 – Thomas Fairfax, English Civil War general (d. 1671)
- February 6 – Antoine Arnauld, French theologian (d. 1694)
- February 15 – Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, French colonial missionary and first governor of Montréal (d. 1676)
- February 22 – George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)
- February 28 – John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
- June 16 – Murat IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)
- June 23 – André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)
- June 25 – John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (d. 1634)
- August 28 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (died 1653)
- November 17 – Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)
- December 4 – Samuel Butler, English satirist (d. 1680)
- December 12 – Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1670)
- date unknown
- James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish soldier (d. 1650)
- Anne Bradstreet, Puritan poet (d. 1672)
Deaths
- January 20 – Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)
- February 12 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538)
- April 11 – Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b. 1535)
- April 11 – Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (burned at the stake) (b. 1566)
- May 24 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (b. 1563)
- June 8 – Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (b. 1562)
- July 29 – Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
- August 4 – Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)
- August 12 – Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (b. c. 1554)
- September 9 – Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord (b. 1570)
- September 12 – Tsar Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)
- October 7 – Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet (b. 1538)
- November 6 – Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (b. 1594)
- November 12 – John Harington, English writer (b. 1561)
- date unknown
References
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 244. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.