1602 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1602?
- March 20, 1602 – The Dutch East India Company is established.
- May 15, 1602 – Bartholomew Gosnold becomes the first European to see Cape Cod.
- November 8, 1602 – The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public.
- November 12, 1602 – Sebastian Viscaino lands at and names San Diego, California.
- December 11, 1602 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.
Who Were Born In The Year 1602?
- February 14, 1602 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (d. 1676)
- February 18, 1602 – Per Brahe, Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
- March 4, 1602 – Kanō Tan'yū, Japanese painter (d. 1674)
- March 18, 1602 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)
- March 29, 1602 – John Lightfoot, English churchman (d. 1675)
- May 26, 1602 – Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
- July 14, 1602 – Jules Mazarin, French statesman and cardinal (d. 1661)
- August 10, 1602 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675)
- August 31, 1602 – Countess Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1675)
- October 12, 1602 – William Chillingworth, English religious leader (d. 1644)
- November 20, 1602 – Otto von Guericke, German physicist (d. 1686)
- November 22, 1602 – Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644)
- December 18, 1602 – Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)
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