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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s
Years: 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 - 1613 - 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618
Events
- January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery.
- February 7 - An Assembly of the Russian Empire elects Mikhail Romanov to be Tsar of Russia, and establishes the Romanov Dynasty.
- Francesco Andreini's L'Adamo is published.
- King James I of Scotland successfully mediates the Peace of Knäred treaty between Denmark and Sweden.
- The New River was opened, to supply London with drinking water from Hertfordshire
- Adriaen Block's ship Tyger is destroyed by fire, forcing him and his crew to spend the winter on Manhattan.
