Deaths on January 6

Philip Henslowe

Died on January 6, 1616

Philip Henslowe, English businessman (b. 1550)

Philip Henslowe (c. 1550 – 6 January 1616) was an Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur and impresario. Henslowe's modern reputation rests on the survival of his diary, a primary source for information about the theatrical world of Renaissance London.

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12 Jan

Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco
The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
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De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
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25 Oct

Dirk Hartog
Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.

Deaths on January 6

Philip Henslowe

Died on January 6, 1616

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