What happened in 1602?
40 recorded events in 1602, including 17 in people, 10 in architecture & engineering and 7 in wars & conflicts.
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Major Events 1
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Dutch East India Company founded
The VOC is founded, becoming the first multinational corporation and issuing the first shares of stock.
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Wars & Conflicts 7
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Battle of Reval
1602 battle
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Siege of Dunboy
1602 siege in Ireland during the Nine Years' War
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Siege of Fellin
1602 siege of the Polish–Swedish War
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Siege of Weissenstein
1602 military conflict
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Siege of Buda
1602 siege during the austro-ottoman wars
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Siege of Grave
Siege that took place between 18 July to 20 September 1602 as part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War
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Siege of Székesfehérvár
1602 siege
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People 17
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Juan de Fuca died
Explorer for Spain from Kefalonia, Ionian Islands
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Juan Fernández died
Spanish explorer
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Martín del Barco Centenera died
Spanish explorer
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Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho died
(27 March 1560-c. 1602)
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Caspar Peucer died
German physician (1525-1602)
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Vittorio Zonca died
Italian engineer and writer
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Peder Soerensen died
Danish physician
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Jan Muscenius died
Astronomer
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Ruy Díaz de Melgarejo died
Spanish explorer
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Thomas Morley died
English composer, organist and editor
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Luigi Zenobi died
Italian cornet player
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Cardinal Mazarin born
Born in Pescina. French cardinal and statesman.
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Otto von Guericke born
Born in Magdeburg. German scientist, inventor, and politician (1602-1686).
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Athanasius Kircher born
Born in Geisa. German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680).
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Per Brahe the Younger born
Born in Rydboholm Castle. Swedish noble (1602-1680).
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William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel born
Born in Kassel. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
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Caspar Peucer died
Died in Dessau. German physician (1525-1602).
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Guadalupe Island
Island in the Pacific Ocean, off Baja California, Mexico
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Nostra Signora di Lampedusa
Shrine in Castellaro, Italy
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Monte Carmelo
Convent in Loano, Italy
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Economy & Trade 1
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Dutch East India Company
1602–1799 Dutch trading company
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Architecture & Engineering 10
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Ruins of St. Paul's
Church in Macau
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Church of St. Ignatius, Vilnius
Church in Vilnius, Lithuania
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Tolentini
Church building in Santa Croce, Italy
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Dragomirna
Monastery
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San Giacomo in Augusta
Church built in central Rome
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Pio Monte della Misericordia
Historic church and museum in Napels, Italy
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Bernardine Monastery, Iziaslav
Church building in Iziaslav, Ukraine
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Oratorio dei Vanchetoni
Church building in Florence, Italy
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Santuario di Santa Maria della Fontenuova
Sanctuary in Tuscany, Italy
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Saint Marcellino and Pietro church
Church building in Cremona, Italy
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Corral de comedias de Alcalá de Henares
Theatre in Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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