1614
Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. October 11 - Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named "New Netherland". The French Estates-General meets for the last time before the era of the French Revolution. In between, France will be governed as an absolute monarchy. John Napier publishes a paper outlining his discovery of logarithms. The University of Groningen is established. Institution of the Rosicrucian Order in Germany according to Fraternitas Rosae Crucis. Toyotomi Hideyori attempts to restore Osaka Castle. Tokugawa Ieyasu, father of the Shogun, is outraged at this act, and takes the castle by storm. BirthsJanuary 1 - John Wilkins, clergymanJuly 10 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey
Deaths April 7 - El Greco, artist August 21 - Elizabeth Báthory (serial killer)
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