Deaths on September 16

Mary Stuart (1605-1607)

Died on September 16, 1607

Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (b. 1605)

Mary Stuart (8 April 1605 – 16 September 1607) was the third daughter and sixth child of James VI and I by Anne of Denmark. Her birth was much anticipated. She developed pneumonia at 17 months and died the following year.

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Mary Stuart (1605-1607)

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Events on 1607

30 Jan

Bristol Channel floods, 1607
An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
24 Feb

Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
25 Apr

Battle of Gibraltar (1607)
Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
5 Oct

Paolo Sarpi
Assassins sent by Pope Paul V attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi, who survives fifteen stiletto thrusts.

Deaths on September 16

Mary Stuart (1605-1607)

Died on September 16, 1607

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Events on 1607

Bristol Channel floods, 1607

Claudio Monteverdi

Battle of Gibraltar (1607)

Paolo Sarpi