Births on January 22

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington

Born on January 22, 1570

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (d. 1631)

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (22 January 1570/1 – 6 May 1631) of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington in Huntingdonshire, England, was a Member of Parliament and an antiquarian who founded the Cotton library.

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Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington
Cotton library

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20 May

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
10 Sep

Ajacán Mission
Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.