Year by year · 17th century

1606

1606 in world history: 6 events, 10 births, 4 deaths and 3 states founded. 1,061 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 10 April

    James I charters the Virginia Company

    King James I granted a charter to the Virginia Company's London and Plymouth branches to settle the North American coast. The London company founded Jamestown the following year.

    JamestownVirginiaLondon

  2. 12 April

    First Union Flag is adopted for English and Scottish ships

    A royal proclamation of James I ordered ships of England and Scotland to fly a new flag combining the crosses of St George and St Andrew. St Patrick's saltire was added in 1801.

    ScotlandEngland

  3. 20 December

    Virginia Company ships sail for America

    The Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery left London with about 105 colonists. In May 1607 they founded Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America.

    North AmericaJamestownVirginia

  4. Treaty · Peace

    Peace of Zsitvatorok

    The Peace of Zsitvatorok was signed on 11 November 1606 at the mouth of the Zsitva River in Hungary, ending the Long Turkish War between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire.

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In the profiles

  • SikhismGuru Arjan is executed under the Mughal emperor Jahangir

Wars and longer events

Born in 1606 10

Died in 1606 4

States founded 3

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