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Historical Event(s)
– The Vatican opens seven year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
– Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
– The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
– Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
– Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
– Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
– Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France.
Who Were Born On ?
– Georges de la Tour, French artist (d. 1652)
– Saint Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
– George Herbert, English poet and orator (d. 1633)
– Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)
– Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (d. 1641)
– Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
– Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)
– Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
– Izaak Walton, English angler (d. 1683)
– Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (d. 1650)