What is 1604?
{{Year nav|1604}} {{Year in various calendars|1604}} {{Year article header|1604}} == Events == * [[January 14]] – [[Hampton Court conference]] with [[James I of England]], the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] bishops and representatives of [[Puritans]] * [[September 20]] – Capture of [[Ostend]] by Spanish forces under [[Ambrosio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases|Ambrosio Spinola]] after a three-year siege. * [[October 9]] – [[Supernova 1604]] is observed. As of this writing, this was the last supernova to be observed in the [[Milky Way]]. * [[November 1]] – At [[Whitehall Palace]] in [[London]], the [[William Shakespeare]] tragedy ''[[Othello]]'' is presented for the first time. * The [[Sikhism|Sikh]] Holy Scripture [[Guru Granth Sahib]] is compiled and edited by [[Guru Arjan]] . * [[Luis Váez de Torres]] is the first European to sail through the [[Torres Strait]]. * [[France]] begins settling [[Acadia]], first successful French North American colony * [[France]] begins settling [[French Guiana]]. * [[England]] concludes the [[Treaty of London, 1604|Treaty of London]] with [[Spain]], ending its involvement in the [[Eighty Years' War]]. * [[Peter Blundell]] founds [[Blundell's School]] in [[Tiverton]], [[England]]. * Za Dengel deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia by [[Za Sellase]], who restores his cousin [[Yaqob of Ethiopia|Yaqob]]. * The first known [[English language|English]] [[Dictionary]] to be organized by [[alphabetical]] ordering was [[published]]. [[Category:1604| ]]