Births on November 28

James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (d. 1632)

Sir James Whitelocke SL (28 November 1570 – 22 June 1632) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1622.

27 Apr

Regnans in Excelsis
Pope Pius V declares Queen Elizabeth I a heretic.
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.