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John Popham (judge)
1607Jun, 10

John Popham (judge)

John Popham, English politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1531)
Sir John Popham (1531 – 10 June 1607) of Wellington, Somerset, was Speaker of the House of Commons (1580 to 1583), Attorney General (1581 to 1592) and Lord Chief Justice of England (1592 to 1607).

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  • 30Jan

    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.
  • 24Feb

    Claudio Monteverdi

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

    Battle of Gibraltar (1607)

    Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
  • 5Oct

    Paolo Sarpi

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